More than 6 million COVID-19 cases in the US

There have been at least 6,002,615 cases of coronavirus in the United States and at least 183, 203 people have died, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University.

Johns Hopkins University recorded the first case of coronavirus in the United States on January 21.

Here's how the US got to more than six million:

• It took the country 99 days to reach 1 million cases on April 28.

• It then took 43 more days to reach 2 million cases on June 10.

• It took another 28 days to surpass 3 million cases on July 8.

• It took the US only 15 additional days to surpass 4 million cases on July 23.

• It took the US 17 days to go over 5 million cases.

• It has taken the nation 22 days since then to reach 6 million cases.

Only two other countries in the world have over 1 million reported COVID-19 cases – Brazil with roughly 3.8m cases and India with 3.6m cases.

[Source: CNN]