U.S. COVID-19 cases surpass 4.9 mln: Johns Hopkins University

NEW YORK, Aug. 7 (Xinhua) -- The number of COVID-19 cases in the United States surpassed 4.9 million on Friday, reaching 4,902,692 as of 1:35 p.m. local time (1735 GMT), according to the Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) at Johns Hopkins University.

Meanwhile, the national death toll from the disease rose to 160,255, according to the CSSE.