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United States passed this Monday (9) the 10 million case mark coronavirus, according to tracking by Johns Hopkins University. In the last week, the country, which is the most affected in the world by Covid-19, registered record cases (see the graph).
According to Johns Hopkins, 10,023,276 confirmed cases and 237,760 deaths in the country. On October 30, the country surpassed 9 million cases of the disease.
November: Daily Covid Cases in the US
The country leads the ranking of cases and also deaths
Source: Johns Hopkins
After reaching 100,000 daily cases of coronavirus on November 4, the United States broke four consecutive records for new infections with the disease.
On Thursday (5), a new record: more than 121,888 infections were recorded in 24 hours. As of Friday (6), the US had 126,480 cases. On Saturday (7), there were 128,412 cases.
The previous peak had been in October, with 99,800 daily cases.
The world also surpassed 50 million Covid cases on Monday, according to Johns Hopkins. There are more than 50.4 million infected and 1.2 million dead from the virus.
The escalation in the number of cases comes amid daily registrations in the United States and Russia and the second wave of contagion in Europe, which again adopted blockades in several countries.
See the ranking of countries with the most confirmed cases, according to a survey by the American university:
- United States
- India
- Brazil
- France
- Russia
- Spain
- Argentina
- United Kingdom
- Colombia
- Mexico
Joe Biden: ‘Let’s start by doing everything we can to control Covid-19’
Joe Biden, who was projected to win the US presidential election, asked in a speech Monday that the population wear masks. He also said that a possible vaccine against Covid-19 would be free.
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“I will be the president of all Americans, this election is over,” he said, stating that it is necessary to have unity to defeat the virus. “A mask is not a political statement, but a good way to unite the country.”
In his speech, Biden stressed that he will only take office on January 20, 2021 as the 46th president of the United States. However, he said his team should “start by doing everything possible to control Covid-19.”
