According to latest data from worldometer.info, the number of coronavirus cases in the US as at Thursday, has radically soared to over 215,000 infections.
More than 5, 000 people have died from the virus in the U.S.
And with all measures being adhered to “perfectly,” health experts in the country believe the death toll in the nation could still reach 100,000 to 200,000.
The U.S. already has the highest number of reported infection in the world, nearly a quarter of the global total and President Donald Trump on Wednesday said the nation should brace for “a very very difficult upcoming two weeks”.
New York is now the epicenter of COVID-19 in the U.S. and the entire world.
Over 83,000 are now infected in New York, a city of over 18 million people, almost half of the total cases reported in the U.S.
As of the time of reporting, over 2,000 people have died in the city, up from 965 on Sunday morning.
Globally, confirmed cases are gearing towards a million threshold as more than 935,000 infections have been reported. More than 47,000 people have died.