COVID-19 cases in U.S. top 43,000, death toll crosses 500

The number of COVID-19 cases in the United States topped 43,000 by 6:16 p.m. local time Sunday, according to the Center for Systems Science and Engineering at Johns Hopkins University.

On Monday, more than 100 deaths were reported in a single day, marking the first time since the outbreak that the number of daily deaths in the country rose to triple digits.