With 156,904 new cases reported on Monday, the total number of people that have been infected the with coronavirus in the United States has risen to 90,570,695, as per Johns Hopkins University's latest data.
418 additional deaths on the same day took total U.S. Covid casualties to 1,027,373.
Florida reported the most number of new cases - 27,045 - and deaths - 175.
Covid deaths have increased by 34 percent and cases have increased by 10 percent in the last two weeks, New York Times' latest tally shows.
Nearly 43,000 people are currently in American hospitals with the coronavirus, an increase of 12 percent over the last two weeks. More than 4,800 of these patients are admitted in intensive care units, marking a 12 percent rise in a fortnight.
87,549,615 people have so far recovered from the disease, the Worldometer tally shows.
1,899 additional deaths were reported globally on Monday, taking the total number of people who lost their lives due to the pandemic so far to 6,386,517.
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