The number of US coronavirus cases surpassed 12 million Saturday — an increase of more than 1 million cases in less than a week.
At least 12,059,686 cases have been confirmed, according to Johns Hopkins University data, and 255,800 Americans have died. It’s another horrific milestone in a month full of devastating Covid-19 records in the country.
Almost every state has reported a rapid surge in cases, and nationwide numbers have been climbing much faster than ever before — with the country reporting a staggering 2.9 million infections since the beginning of the month.
Rising death rates typically follow rising hospitalizations. In just the past week, more than 10,000 US deaths have been reported — nearly double the weekly death toll of just a month ago.