The United States has reported more than 30 million cases of the coronavirus since the start of the pandemic, even as the rate of new infections has slowed precipitously following a surge in the fall and early winter .
The country crossed the milestone on Wednesday, nearly 12 weeks after reaching 20m, according to data from Johns Hopkins University. It had taken the United States less than two months to go from 10 to 20 million cases.
Brazil recorded the second-highest cumulative total with 12.1 million cases, followed by 11.7 million cases in India, where daily infections have increased in recent weeks.
In the United States, new cases and hospitalizations linked to Covid-19 have fallen this year, while vaccinations have increased with 46.3 million Americans fully inoculated.
The United States has counted about 48,000 new cases per day over the past week, below a peak of 250,000 in early January, according to JHU. Data also showed 37,231 people were in hospital with Covid-19 as of March 12, up from a maximum of 128,312 views at the start of the year.
The slowdown comes as more Americans get vaccinated against Covid-19. The United States has administered more than 130 million doses, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Data released on Wednesday also showed that 85.4 million people have received at least one injection so far, or a quarter of the total population. A third of the adult population and 70% of the elderly have received one or more doses since the vaccine rolled out in December.
The death toll in the United States attributed to Covid-19 stood at a total of 544,922, JHU said. New deaths have followed other measures on a downward trajectory, reaching daily levels last seen in November, according to the CDC.
