U.S. CDC reports 213,037 deaths from coronavirus

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A young Ultra-Orthodox Jewish girl scooters past a closed store, during the outbreak of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the Borough Park section of Brooklyn, New York

(Reuters) - The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Saturday reported 7,641,502 cases of new coronavirus, an increase of 58,302 cases from its previous count, and said that the number of deaths had risen by 926 to 213,037.

The CDC reported its tally of cases of the respiratory illness known as COVID-19, caused by a new coronavirus, as of 4 pm ET on Oct. 09 versus its previous report a day earlier. (https://bit.ly/3npgGkp)

The CDC figures do not necessarily reflect cases reported by individual states.

(Reporting by Bhargav Acharya in Bengaluru; editing by Diane Craft)