LOS ANGELES - A year since the deadly coronavirus was first identified, the U.S. surpassed 20 million cases, according to data from Johns Hopkins University.The grim milestone comes as the nation continues to be inundated by wave after wave of new coronavirus cases and deaths.
The nation surpassed 15 million cases last month amid a surge where more than 1 million Americans fell ill to the virus in the first five days of December.
Now, nearly one-quarter of the more than 83 million coronavirus cases globally are Americans. COVID-19 deaths in the U.S. have also totaled more than 346,000.