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Coronavirus: Total US COVID-19 cases top 29 million as death toll swells past 525,000

Total novel coronavirus cases in the United States eclipsed 29 million on Monday, according to a Johns Hopkins University tally.

The United States’ 29,030,476 cumulative cases still represent roughly one-quarter of the more than 117 million global cases. Meanwhile, virus-related deaths nationwide increased to 525,541, representing roughly 20% of the nearly 2.6 million global COVID-19 fatalities recorded to date.

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Per the latest figures:

California has confirmed more than 3.6 million cumulative cases, resulting in more than 54,000 deaths;

Texas has confirmed nearly 2.7 million cases, resulting in more than 45,000 deaths;

Florida has confirmed nearly 2 million cases, resulting in nearly 32,000 deaths;

New York has confirmed more than 1.7 million cases, resulting in more than 48,000 deaths;

Illinois has confirmed nearly 1.2 million cases, resulting in more than 23,000 deaths; and

Georgia has confirmed more than 1 million cases, resulting in nearly 18,000 deaths.

Thirteen other states have reported at least half a million cases, including Ohio, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, Arizona, New Jersey, Tennessee, Indiana, Michigan, Wisconsin, Massachusetts, Virginia, South Carolina and Alabama. Meanwhile, another 11 states have reported fewer than half a million cases but more than 324,000 cases, including Missouri, Minnesota, Colorado, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Kentucky, Maryland, Utah, Washington, Iowa and Arkansas.

Click here to see CNN’s complete state-by-state tracker.

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