U.S. Passes 1 Million COVID-19 Cases 56 Days After Hitting 100

Just eight weeks after hitting 100 confirmed COVID-19 cases, the United States passed one million official cases on April 28. According to data compiled by the Johns Hopkins University, confirmed cases climbed to 1,012,583 on Tuesday, 17 days after hitting half a million on April 11.

As the following chart shows, 838,292 of those cases are still considered “active” as of April 29, meaning the patients have neither officially recovered nor are deceased. It needs to be noted though, that according to Johns Hopkins University, recovered cases “are estimates based on local media reports, and state and local reporting when available, and therefore may be substantially lower than the true number.” Considering that patients typically recover after two to three weeks, it seems likely that the actual number of recovered patients is much higher than the number reported here.

As of April 28, 58,355 people in the U.S. have died after contracting the novel coronavirus, making the United States the country with the highest death toll by far.