US surpasses 1 million new COVID cases in first 10 days of November

The United States has officially surpassed 1 million new cases of coronavirus within the first 10 days of November, according to The Associated Press.

NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. has surpassed 1 million new confirmed coronavirus cases in just the first 10 days of November.

— Zeke Miller (@ZekeJMiller) November 10, 2020

A total of 10,217,789 cases have been reported by Johns Hopkins University as of Tuesday.

As cases continue to surge across the country, death tolls and hospitalizations are on the rise as well.

Hospitals in New Jersey reported 1,133 confirmed or suspected COVID-19 cases as of Nov. 2, which was the highest number reported over the last four months.

Illinois and Wisconsin reported new cases reaching more than 12,000 and 7,000 in those two states, according to WCYB.

A total of 239,374 deaths have been reported in the U.S. since the pandemic began.