US CDC reports 1,193,813 coronavirus cases, 70,802 deaths

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on May 6 reported 1,193,813 cases of the new coronavirus, an increase of 22,303 cases from its previous count, and said that the number of deaths had risen by 2,523 to 70,802.

People wait in a line around the block for a pop-up food pantry amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Chelsea, Massachusetts, US, April 17, 2020. (File photo: Reuters)
People wait in a line around the block for a pop-up food pantry amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Chelsea, Massachusetts, US, April 17, 2020. (File photo: Reuters)

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.

Reuters