U.S. CDC reports total of 1.6 million coronavirus cases and 97,049 deaths

A visitor to the boardwalk passes a warning sign to stop the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) during Memorial Day weekend in Bethany Beach, Delaware, U.S., May 24, 2020. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque

(Reuters) – The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Sunday reported 1,622,114 cases of the new coronavirus, an increase of 26,229 cases from its previous count, and said the number of deaths had risen by 1,047 to 97,049.

The CDC reported its tally of cases of the respiratory illness known as COVID-19, caused by the new coronavirus, as of 4 p.m. ET on May 23, compared with its count a day earlier.

The CDC figures do not necessarily reflect cases reported by individual states.

Reporting by Kanishka Singh in Bengaluru; Editing by Lisa Shumaker

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