US hits 20 million coronavirus cases

Healthcare professionals administer the Covid-19 vaccine at Lake-Sumter State College in Leesburg, Florida (Stephen M Dowell /Orlando Sentinel via AP)

The number of confirmed US coronavirus cases has surpassed 20 million, according to data from Johns Hopkins University.

The US figure is nearly twice the number recorded in India, which has the second most cases, and accounts for nearly a quarter of the 83 million-plus cases globally.