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

According to the latest data, more than 8.7 million people have fallen ill 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 has grown to 225,739.

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