
On Monday, the United States reported 135,231 new COVID-19 cases and 1,098 additional fatalities, all of which occurred over the past 24 hours.
In total, the United States has reported 23,057,495 COVID-19 cases and 384,398 coronavirus related fatalities.
The United States reported its first COVID-19 cases on January 20, 2020, after a citizen who had previously travelled to Wuhan, China tested positive for the novel coronavirus.
The United States is currently leading global COVID-19 cases with over 23 million infections and 384,398 fatalities, although India trails behind with 10.4 million cases and 151,364 deaths. As for the third-highest caseload and death toll, Brazil follows with 8.1 million cases and 203,580 deaths, Russia with 3.4 million cases and 62,273 deaths, and the United Kingdom with 3.1 million infections and 81,960 deaths.
The novel coronavirus was first discovered in Wuhan, Hubei, China, on Dec. 31, 2019, and has infected more than 91.1 million individuals worldwide, resulting in over 1.9 million fatalities across 218 countries and territories.