U.S. COVID-19 cases top 1.9 mln: Johns Hopkins University

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The national death toll reached 109,215.

NEW YORK, June 6 (Xinhua) -- The number of COVID-19 cases in the United States topped 1.9 million on Saturday, reaching 1,901,416 as of 11:32 a.m. (1532 GMT), according to the Center for Systems Science and Engineering at Johns Hopkins University.

Meanwhile, the national death toll reached 109,215, according to the tally.

A woman walks into a costume shop in Nassau County of Long Island, New York state, the United States, May 27, 2020.

(Xinhua/Wang Ying)

New York remains the hardest-hit state with 376,208 cases and 30,236 fatalities. Other states with over 100,000 cases include New Jersey, California, Illinois, and Massachusetts, the tally showed. ■