The number of COVID-19 cases in the United States surpassed 4.81 million on Wednesday according to the Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) at Johns Hopkins University.

Iran Press/ America: Meanwhile, the national death toll from the disease rose to 157,930, according to the CSSE.

The global death toll nears 712,000 with more than18,977,000 confirmed cases, according to the World Health Organization.

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