The United States spent nine million reported coronavirus cases on Friday.
Washington, United States:
The United States spent nine million reported coronavirus cases Friday, according to a Johns Hopkins University tally, as infections spike days before the country chooses its next president.
The country, which has seen a resurgence of its Covid-19 epidemic since mid-October, has now recorded 9,007,298 cases, according to a real-time tally from the Baltimore-based school.
More than 229,000 people have died from the virus in the United States since the start of the pandemic, the Hopkins tally showed on Friday afternoon.
The virus is now spreading most liberally in the Midwest, and on Thursday the United States set a daily record for new infections of more than 91,000 in 24 hours.
But New York and other parts of the northeast are also seeing a worrying increase in infections as cooler fall weather sets in.
Four days before the election, Donald Trump is fighting to keep the White House against challenger Joe Biden, who criticized the president’s viral response.
Trump plays down the virus even as the toll accelerates again, staging a series of rallies with little social distancing or mask use.
He has repeatedly told his supporters that the country is “going around the curve” of Covid infections.
