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U.S. CDC reports 229,109 deaths from coronavirus

Drive-thru COVID-19 testing in Madison, Wisconsin
Drive-thru COVID-19 testing in Madison, Wisconsin

(Reuters) – The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Saturday reported 9,024,298 cases of new coronavirus, an increase of 99,750 cases from its previous count, and said that the number of deaths had risen by 1,009 to 229,109.

The CDC reported its tally of cases of the respiratory illness known as COVID-19, caused by a new coronavirus, as of 4 p.m. ET on Oct. 30, compared with its previous report released a day earlier. (https://bit.ly/3mA7Hfa)

The CDC figures do not necessarily reflect cases reported by individual states.

(Reporting by Juby Babu in Bengaluru; editing by Diane Craft)