The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in the US has passed the two million mark, more than the worst-hit countries in Europe combined.
The country’s death toll has also topped 112,000 people, according to researchers at John Hopkins University who have been tracking the virus from the outset.
The new grim cases milestone eclipses any country worldwide, with Brazil coming in closest at 772,416 cases, followed by Russia with 493,023.
Britain has the fourth highest Covid-19 infections at 290,143, according to official data from the Department of Health and Social Care.
Figures from the US Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) show that New York has suffered the most, with the city centre, suburbs and New Jersey logging 546,301 cases.
US president Donald Trump has hailed the high US case levels as a “badge of honour”.
"You know when you say that we lead in cases, that's because we have more testing than anybody else," Mr Trump told reporters last month. "I look at that as, in a certain respect, as being a good thing because it means our testing is much better."
The president added: "So I view it as a badge of honour. Really, it's a badge of honour. It's a great tribute to the testing and all of the work that a lot of professionals have done."
It comes as Mr Trump announced a series of “big” election rallies in Oklahoma, Florida, Arizona and North California over the coming weeks, despite hopitalisations shooting up in around 12 US states.
The country's 50 states have begun easing lockdown restrictions as Mr Trump fights to reopen the economy ahead of the November presidential election.
The CDC predicts that the US could hit between 118,000 and 143,000 deaths linked to Covid-19 by June 27.
