In the United States, 24,996 new cases of coronavirus infection were registered per day, according to Johns Hopkins University.
Also, over 1.2 thousand deaths from the virus were recorded in 24 hours. A total of 88,754 people died.
Since the beginning of the pandemic, more than 1.5 million patients have been identified, more than 268 thousand patients have recovered.
Chinese authorities announced an outbreak of pneumonia in Wuhan on December 31, 2019. The causative agent of the disease is a new type of coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, which causes the disease COVID-19. Later, on March 11, WHO announced the outbreak of the new coronavirus pandemic.