A transporter for Maryland Cremation Services moves the remains of a coronavirus victim onto a stretcher at a morgue in Silver Spring, Maryland, on May 11. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images
The United States now has at least 1,528,661 cases of coronavirus and 91,938 related deaths, according to Johns Hopkins University.
The totals includes cases from all 50 states, the District of Columbia and other US territories, as well as repatriated cases.
New York state remains the hardest hit, with 352,845 cases and 28,558 deaths — that’s 147 deaths per 100,000 residents, the highest rate nationwide. New Jersey, Illinois, and Massachusetts follow next, in that order.
