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US CDC reports 1,342,594 coronavirus cases, 80,820 deaths

US CDC reports 1,342,594 coronavirus cases, 80,820 deaths

By Reuters

FILE - The downtown district of Washington, looking east to the US Capitol, remains largely empty to try to limit the spread of COVID-19 during the coronavirus disease pandemic in Washington, US, on April 7, 2020. Photo: Reuters

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Tuesday reported 1,342,594 cases of the new coronavirus, an increase of 18,106 cases from its previous count, and said that the number of deaths had risen by 1,064 to 80,820. The CDC reported its tally of cases of the respiratory illness known as COVID-19, caused by the new coronavirus, as of 4 p.m. ET on May 11, compared with its count a day earlier. The CDC figures do not necessarily reflect cases reported by individual states.