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US CDC reports 1,435,098 coronavirus cases, 87,315 deaths

US CDC reports 1,435,098 coronavirus cases, 87,315 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 Saturday reported a total of 1,435,098 cases of the new coronavirus, an increase of 22,977 cases from its previous count, and said the number of deaths had risen by 1,325 to 87,315. 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 15, compared with its count a day earlier. The CDC figures do not necessarily reflect cases reported by individual states.