The United States this morning surpassed 2 million confirmed COVID-19 cases. That’s nearly double the number of cases since May 1.
There were 113,467 coronavirus deaths in the U.S. as of 11 a.m. Hawaii time, or about 27% of the world’s virus fatalities.
New York continues to have the highest death toll (30,575) of any state, followed by New Jersey (12,443), Massachusetts (7,454), Pennsylvania (6,113) and Michigan (5,985).
Worldwide, 418,392 people have died from the virus, according to the Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Resource Center, and more than 7.4 million have tested positive.
The virus has spread to 188 countries — or about 96% of the nations on Earth.
The United Kingdom has the most coronavirus deaths (41,364) outside the U.S., followed by Brazil (39,680), Italy (34,167), France (29,349).
On March 1, there were 98 confirmed COVID-19 cases in the U.S. On March 15, there were about 4,600 cases.
By April 1, the number rose to more than 243,000 as testing efforts increased nationally. On April 15, there were 636,000 cases. By May 1 there were 1.1 million.
Hawaii, with 685 confirmed cases, has had the third-fewest in the U.S. Only Alaska (592) and Montana (563) have had fewer.
Worldwide, more than 3.5 million people have recovered from the virus, including more than 533,000 in the U.S.
