The CDC reported its tally of cases of the respiratory illness known as COVID-19, caused by the new coronavirus, as of 4 p.m. ET on May 5, compared with its count a day earlier.
The CDC figures do not necessarily reflect cases reported by individual states.
* US meatpacking plants that were shut down because of the novel coronavirus epidemic will be fully back in production in a week to 10 days, US Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue said on Wednesday.
Perdue was speaking at a White House event with President Donald Trump and Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds.