At 5 million cases, the U.S. has passed another coronavirus milestone. While politicians wrangled over a pandemic relief package and schools struggled over whether to open their doors to students, the United States passed another milestone on Saturday: more than five million known coronavirus infections. Brazil ranks second, with about three million, and India is third with two million. (In cases per capita, the United States ranks eighth, between Oman and Peru.) The data, from a New York Times database, is based on reports of known cases from federal, state and local officials.

Source: New York Times August 08, 2020 12:00 UTC