The number of confirmed cases of the coronavirus in California has surpassed 2 million, according to Johns Hopkins University, as the virus has spread with startling speed in the state.
It’s the first state to pass that number. In the last day, according to Johns Hopkins, California saw 43,986 new cases and 319 deaths.
The state’s first million cases happened over the course of nearly 10 months, as the Los Angeles Times noted. The second million took just six weeks.
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