⁍ The CDC on Saturday reported 6,706,374 cases of the new coronavirus.
⁍ The number of deaths had risen by 983 to 198,099.
⁍ The CDC figures do not necessarily reflect cases reported by individual states.
– The number of people in the US suffering from a new respiratory illness has spiked to more than 6 million, according to the latest report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The number of cases of coronavirus, which causes cold-like illness, rose by nearly 50,000 from the previous count, and the number of deaths rose by 983 to 198,099, Reuters reports.
Source: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-cdc/us-cdc-reports-198099-deaths-from-coronavirus-idUSKCN26A0WZ