California becomes 1st US state to top 2 million Covid-19 cases

California has become the first state in the US to surpass 2 million coronavirus cases since the onset of the pandemic earlier this year. On Friday, the California Department of Public Health confirmed 39,070 new cases and 351 fatalities, which increased the overall tally to 2,003,146 and death toll to 23,635 in the most populous US state, reports Xinhua news agency. There are 18,875 people with Covid-19 currently hospitalised in the state, and 3,962 of them are in intensive care units (ICU).

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