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2.2 million Americans have contracted coronavirus, as of Friday
Jun 20, 2020NEW YORK CITY, New York, June 19 (Xinhua) — The number of COVID-19 cases in the United States topped 2.2 million on Friday, reaching 2,203,659 as of 12:33 p.m. (1633 GMT), according to the Center for Systems Science and Engineering at Johns Hopkins University.
Meanwhile, the national death toll reached 118,659, according to the tally.
New York remains the hardest-hit state with 386,556 cases and 30,974 fatalities. Other states with over 100,000 cases include New Jersey, California, Illinois, Massachusetts, and Texas, the tally showed.
Photo: A staff worker checks the body temperature of a customer outside an Apple store on Fifth Avenue of New York City, the United States, June 17, 2020.
(Photo credit: Xinhua/Wang Ying).
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