(Reuters) – The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Thursday reported 7,213,419 cases of the new coronavirus, an increase of 45,342 cases from its previous count, and said that the number of deaths had risen by 1,030 to 206,402.
The CDC reported its tally of cases of the respiratory illness known as COVID-19, caused by the new coronavirus, as of 4 pm ET on Sept. 30, compared with its previous report a day earlier. (https://bit.ly/3kZDvsN)
The CDC figures do not necessarily reflect cases reported by individual states.
(Reporting By Mrinalika Roy in Bengaluru; Editing by Amy Caren Daniel)
