The US case count for COVID-19 topped 1 million cases today, meaning the country has accounts for a third of all reported cases of the novel coronavirus in the world.In total, a tracker maintained by Johns Hopkins University shows 1,002,498 cases, including 57,533 fatalities.The milestone comes a day after the world surpassed 3 million cases in the 4 months since the virus was first detected in Wuhan, China.
Less than 1 month ago—on Apr 2—the global total hit 1 million cases.New York cases approach 300,000In New York, 295,106 cases have been identified, including 17,638 deaths.
Today Governor Andrew Cuomo announced he will be reopening the state beginning May 15 in regional phases, allowing areas with low case prevalence to open before