US COVID-19 Cases Surges Past 25 Million

The US COVID-19 caseload remains the highest in absolute terms
The country has also recorded more than 400,000 deaths as a result of complications from the virus

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More than 25 million COVID-19 cases have been recorded in the United States since the pandemic began, Johns Hopkins University said on Sunday, a few days after President Joe Biden’s inauguration.

AFP reports that the milestone was reached only five days after the US, the world’s wealthiest and hardest-hit nation, recorded 400,000 deaths from the disease.

Biden has made fighting the coronavirus a priority and is pushing for Congress to approve a $1.9-trillion relief package that would include billions of dollars to boost vaccination rates.

Biden has said he wants 100 million people vaccinated within his first 100 days in office, and he has called for Americans to wear masks for 100 days.

Countries around the world are in a race against time to get their populations inoculated before the coronavirus mutates into a strain that could resist newly approved vaccinations.

Yinka Akanbi

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