Over 55,280 new infections and another 613 deaths were recorded Friday, putting the U.K. on track to once again overtake Italy as Europe’s worst-hit country in the pandemic. —-BALTIMORE — The number of confirmed U.S. coronavirus cases has surpassed 20 million, according to data from Johns Hopkins University. 2 country, India, and nearly one-quarter of the more than 83 million cases globally. India and Brazil trail behind the U.S. in coronavirus cases at over 10 million and 7 million, respectively. The increase comes as officials race to vaccinate millions of Americans but have come off to a slower and messier start.

Source: Daily Sun January 01, 2021 21:33 UTC