Coronavirus cases top 5 million in United States

The bleak milestone was reached as new cases in the US stand at about 54,000-a-day. Picture: PA

The confirmed number of coronavirus cases in the US has reached 5 million, according to the tally kept by Johns Hopkins University.

The number of cases is by far the highest in the world but health officials believe that for every reported case, there are roughly 10 times as many people infected, given the limits on testing and the large number of mild infections that have gone unreported or unrecognised.