There Are Now More Than 100,000 Confirmed Cases of COVID-19 in the U.S.
The number of confirmed cases of COVID-19, the potentially deadly disease caused by the novel coronavirus, is climbing rapidly in the U.S. and now exceeds 100,000. The U.S. recently surpassed China (where the disease is believed to have originated) and Italy to become the nation with the greatest number of cases.
The number of people infected with the disease is growing exponentially in the U.S. Confirmed cases have doubled in roughly three days and have risen approximately tenfold in the past week. The number of confirmed cased of COVID-19 also continues to climb in nearly every country and now exceeds 590,000 worldwide.
"The pandemic is accelerating," World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said at a recent press briefing. "It took 67 days from the first reported case to reach 100,000 cases, 11 days for second 100,000 cases, and just four days for the third 100,000 cases."
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