US recorded average of 86,352 new cases of COVID-19 per day this week

In the past week, an average of 86,352 new cases of COVID-19 per day have been diagnosed in the United States, according to data from Johns Hopkins University.

This is a 45% increase in the number of new cases a day in the US in the last two weeks. The daily death toll has risen by 15%, and now stands at an average of 846 deaths daily.