There have been at least 15,019,092 coronavirus cases confirmed in the United States and at least 284,887 people have died from Covid-19 since the pandemic began, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University.
Johns Hopkins recorded the first case of coronavirus in the United States on Jan. 21.
98 days later, on April 28, the US hit 1 million cases
44 days later, on June 11, the US hit 2 million cases
27 days later, on July 8, the US hit 3 million cases
15 days later, on July 23, the US hit 4 million cases
17 days later, on August 9, the US hit 5 million cases
22 days later, on August 31, the US hit 6 million cases
25 days later, on September 25, the US hit 7 million cases
21 days later on October 16, the US hit 8 million cases
14 days later, on October 30, the US hit 9 million cases
9 days later, on November 8, the US hit 10 million cases
7 days later, on November 15, the US hit 11 million cases
6 days later on November 21, the US hit 12 million cases
6 days later, on November 27, the US hit 13 million cases
6 days later, on December 3, the US hit 14 million cases
5 days later, on December 8, the US hit 15 million cases
Thirteen other countries in the world have reported more than 1 million total Covid-19 cases, according to Johns Hopkins:
India has more than 9 million total cases.
Brazil has more than 6 million total cases
France and Russia each have more than 2 million total cases.
Italy, the United Kingdom, Spain, Argentina, Colombia, Germany, Mexico, Poland, Iran all have more than 1 million total cases each.
US hits record number of Covid-19 hospitalizations
From CNN’s Virginia Langmaid
The United States reported 104,600 Covid-19 hospitalizations on Tuesday, setting a new record high since the pandemic began, according to the Covid Tracking Project.
According to CTP data, these are the highest hospitalization numbers: