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Coronavirus: Florida becomes 3rd US state to surpass 2 million COVID-19 cases

Florida has become the third U.S. state to top 2 million cumulative COVID-19 cases, according to a Johns Hopkins University tally.

The Sunshine State reported 5,105 new cases Saturday and 62 additional coronavirus-related deaths on Saturday, meaning Florida now trails only California and Texas in total number of infections, WTVJ reported.

By Sunday, the figure had increased by nearly 4,000 more cases for a cumulative total of 2,008,349 cases, resulting in nearly 33,000 virus-related deaths to date.

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The figures come as the United States nears 30 million cumulative cases and more than 542,000 deaths, according to the Johns Hopkins tally.

California has reported more than 3.6 million cases, resulting in nearly 57,500 deaths, and Texas has reported more than 2.7 million cases, resulting in more than 47,000 deaths.

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New York follows closely behind Florida with nearly 1.8 million cases, resulting in more than 49,000 deaths; Illinois has reported more than 1.2 million cases, resulting in more than 23,000 deaths; and Georgia has reported more than 1 million cases, resulting in more than 18,500 deaths. Ohio and Pennsylvania are each nearing the 1 million case milestone; North Carolina, New Jersey and Arizona have each reported more than 835,000 cases; and Tennessee is nearing 800,000 cases.

Meanwhile, nine other states have reported more than half a million cases, including Michigan, Indiana, Wisconsin, Massachusetts, Virginia, Missouri, South Carolina, Alabama and Minnesota. Twelve states have reported more than 300,000 cumulative cases but fewer than half a million, including Colorado, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Kentucky, Maryland, Utah, Washington, Iowa, Arkansas, Mississippi, Kansas and Nevada.

Click here to see CNN’s complete state-by-state tracker.

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