US COVID-19 cases top 36M, deaths near 618K

Editor's Note

The number of COVID-19 cases in the US totaled 36,008,398 on August 10, and deaths reached 617,892, according to the Johns Hopkins University of Medicine Coronavirus Resource Center.

At the beginning of the week, the US recorded nearly 175,000 new COVID-19 cases and 645 deaths in 1 day. The increase in infections has been attributed primarily to the Delta variant.

To date, 11 states have confirmed at least 1 million COVID-19 cases. The top five are:

• California: more than 4 million cases, resulting in nearly 65,000 deaths
• Texas: nearly 3.3 million cases, resulting in nearly 54,000 deaths
• Florida: nearly 2.8 million cases, resulting in nearly 40,000 deaths
• New York: nearly 2.2 million cases, resulting in nearly 54,000 deaths
• Illinois: more than 1.4 million cases, resulting in nearly 28,000 deaths.