NEW YORK, May 9 (Xinhua) -- The number of COVID-19 cases in the United States reached 1,300,079 as of 3:32 p.m. (1932 GMT) Saturday, according to the Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) at Johns Hopkins University.
Meanwhile, the death toll from the disease in the country hit 78,320.
New York remains the hardest-hit state, with 333,122 cases and 26,563 deaths, followed by New Jersey with 137,397 cases and 9,116 deaths. Other states with over 50,000 cases include Massachusetts, Illinois, California, and Pennsylvania, according to the CSSE.
