US passes 12 million COVID-19 cases, nearly 200,000 recorded on Friday

WASHINGTON — More than 12 million cases of the coronavirus have now been reported in the United States.

For the second week in a row, it took just six days for the U.S. to tally another million cases.

Johns Hopkins University’s coronavirus tracker reached 12 million on Saturday, Nov. 21. It had hit 11 million on Sunday, Nov. 15 and topped 10 million cases on Nov. 9.