US hits 6 million cases of COVID-19
FILE - A health worker takes a nasal swab sample at a COVID-19 testing site at St. John's Well Child and Family Center, amid the novel coronavirus pandemic, July 24, 2020, in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by VALERIE MACON/AFP via Getty Images)
The number of coronavirus cases reported in the US quickly reached 6 million, according to recent data from Johns Hopkins University.
The university has been tallying up the nation's case count and deaths, adding a few thousand more cases Monday morning.
California has more than 706,000 confirmed cases with more than 12,900 deaths.
The Bay Area is approaching 85,000 cases with 1,123 deaths.