More than 14.5 million people in the United States have contracted COVID-19 so far, and the vast region of California will enter a new stay-at-home order on Sunday night, reports Xinhua.
The number of confirmed Covid-19 cases in the country hit 14,577,003 as of 726pm EST on Saturday (1226GMT), and its death toll reached over 281,000, according to data updated by Johns Hopkins University.
Daily infections in the country set a new record high of nearly 228,000 cases on Friday, according to the Associated Press.
The vast region of the US state of California, including Southern California and parts of Central California, will enter a new stay-at-home order on Sunday night, as many parts of the state have hit the 15 percent or lower threshold for intensive care unit (ICU) capacity amid Covid-19 surge, local health authorities said Saturday.
