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NEWLY REPORTED COVID-19 CASES IN LAST 24 HOURS (5.16.2021, 2:24pm CEST, WHO):   U.S. 40,431    India 311,170    Brazil 85,536    France 15,658    Turkey 11,472    Russia 8,554    The United Kingdom 2,027    Italy 6,652    Germany 8,500    Argentina 27,363    Columbia 16,581    Poland 2,168    Iran 7,723    Mexico 2,880    Ukraine 3,620    Peru 5,733    Indonesia 2,385    South Africa 2,750    The Netherlands 4,520    Canada 5,991    Chile 6,736    Philippines 6,739    Iraq 2,058    Pakistan 1,531    Japan 6,147    United Arab Emirates 1,321    Malaysia 4,140    Nepal 8,046    Ecuador 2,518    Greece 1,950    Belarus 1,363    Bolivia 2,509    Paraguay 2,181    Costa Rica 2,815    Denmark 1,074    Egypt 1,203    Uruguay 3,305    Honduras 1,334    Venezuela 1,160    Bahrain 1,619    Sri Lanka 2,386    Cuba 1,383    Thailand 2,302    Maldives 1,007    China 206    Singapore 31    New Zealand 1    Australia 10    South Korea 610   

U.S. coronavirus cases top 2.2 million: Johns Hopkins University

Christian Fernsby ▼ |
The number of coronavirus cases in the United States topped 2.2 million on Friday, reaching 2,203,659 as of 12:33 p.m. (1633 GMT), according to the Center for Systems Science and Engineering at Johns Hopkins University.

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Meanwhile, the national death toll reached 118,659, according to the tally.

New York remains the hardest-hit state with 386,556 cases and 30,974 fatalities. Other states with over 100,000 cases include New Jersey, California, Illinois, Massachusetts, and Texas, the tally showed. ■

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