It is reported by RIA Novosti with reference to data from Johns Hopkins University.

According to the latest data, more than 8.1 million people have been infected with the coronavirus in the United States since the beginning of the epidemic.

It is clarified that the number of deaths due to COVID-19 in the country increased to 219,676.

Earlier it became known that scientists from the United States found a "vulnerability" in coronaviruses.