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U.S. CDC reports 492,416 coronavirus cases, 18,559 deaths

FILE PHOTO: San Diego Food Bank volunteers carry boxes of leftover food after an emergency drive-through food and toilet paper distribution hosted at Southwestern College near the U.S.-Mexico border, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Chula Vista, California, U.S., April 10, 2020. Picture taken through glass. REUTERS/Bing Guan

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Saturday reported 492,416 cases of the coronavirus, an increase of 33,251 cases from its previous count, and said the number of deaths rose by 1,989 to 18,559.

The numbers updated by the CDC on Saturday are not confirmed by the U.S. state and territorial health departments, and will be modified when tally is updated on Monday.

(Reporting by Sangameswaran S in Bengaluru; Editing by Daniel Wallis)

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