U.S. CDC reports 703 coronavirus deaths

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FILE PHOTO: Medical technicians work at a drive-through coronavirus disease (COVID-19) testing facility at the Regeneron Pharmaceuticals company's Westchester campus in Tarrytown, New York

(Reuters) - The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Sunday reported 7,359,952 cases of the new coronavirus, an increase of 49,327 from its previous count, and said that the number of deaths had risen by 703 to 208,821.

The CDC reported its tally of cases of the respiratory illness known as COVID-19 as of 4 p.m. ET on Oct. 3 compared with its previous report a day earlier. (https://bit.ly/3kZDvsN)

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

(Reporting by Aishwarya Nair in Bengaluru; Editing by Lisa Shumaker)