US passes nine million reported coronavirus cases: Johns Hopkins

[WASHINGTON] The United States passed nine million reported coronavirus cases on Friday, according to a tally from Johns Hopkins University, as infections spike days before the nation chooses its next president.

The country, which has seen a resurgence of its Covid-19 outbreak since mid-October, has now charted 9,007,298 cases, according to a real-time count by the Baltimore-based school.

Donald Trump is battling to hold on to the White House against challenger Joe Biden, who has slammed the president's virus response.

AFP

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