U.S. CDC reports total of 1.68 million coronavirus cases, 99,031 deaths

FILE PHOTO: New York City Fire Department (FDNY) EMT's arrive with a patient at St. John's Episcopal Hospital, during the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in the Far Rockaway section of Queens in New York City, U.S., May 20, 2020. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Wednesday reported 1,678,843 cases of the new coronavirus, an increase of 16,429 cases from its previous count, and said that the number of deaths had risen by 770 to 99,031.

The CDC reported its tally of cases of the respiratory illness known as COVID-19, caused by the new coronavirus, as of 4 pm ET on May 26 versus its previous report on Tuesday.

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

A visitor to the boardwalk passes a warning sign to stop the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) during Memorial Day weekend in Bethany Beach, Delaware, U.S., May 24, 2020. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque

(Reporting by Manas Mishra in Bengaluru; Editing by Aditya Soni)