Washington [US], August 11 (ANI/Xinhua): US COVID-19 cases topped 36 million Tuesday, fueled by a steep increase in infections due to the unchecked spread of the Delta variant.

As of 6:21 pm local time on Tuesday, US COVID-19 cases totalled 36,039,748, with 618,044 deaths, according to Johns Hopkins University's tally.

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US cases currently account for almost 18 per cent of the nearly 204 million global cases, while the country's COVID-19 deaths account for roughly 14 per cent of the more than 4.3 million virus-related fatalities worldwide, showed the tally. (ANI/Xinhua)

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