U.S. CDC reports 247,834 deaths from coronavirus

A woman wearing a protective face mask, as the global outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues, stands outside a discount store in Yonkers, New York, U.S., November 17, 2020. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Wednesday reported 11,300,635 cases of the novel coronavirus, an increase of 164,382 cases from its previous count, and said that the number of deaths had risen by 1,602 to 247,834.

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 Nov. 17 versus its previous report a day earlier.(https://bit.ly/3nupR2j)

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

(Reporting by Vishwadha Chander in Bengaluru; Editing by Aditya Soni)