Coronavirus tally: Global cases top 67.6 million and U.S. records most deaths in a week since start of the outbreak

The global tally for confirmed cases of the coronavirus that causes COVID-19 rose above 67.6 million on Tuesday, according to data aggregated by Johns Hopkins University, while the death toll rose above 1.5 million. The U.S. has the highest case tally in the world at 14.9 million and the highest death toll at 283,746, or more than a fifth of the global total. The U.S. counted 202,268 new cases on Monday, and at least 1,522 people died, according to a New York Times tracker. In the last week, the U.S. has averaged 201,756 cases a day and a record of 2,249 deaths, beating the previous seven-day average death toll of 2,232 set on April 17, the Times reported. There was a record of 102,148 COVID-19 patients in U.S. hospitals on Monday, according to the COVID Tracking Project, topping Sunday's record of 101,501. Brazil has the second highest death toll at 177,317 and is third by cases at 6.6 million. India is second worldwide in cases with 9.7 million, and third in deaths at 140,958. Mexico has the fourth highest death toll at 110,074 and 12th highest case tally at 1.2 million. The U.K has 61,531 deaths, the highest in Europe and fifth highest in the world, and 1.7 million cases, or seventh highest in the world.

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