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The United States surpassed 18 million reported COVID-19 cases on Monday, figures from Johns Hopkins University showed, as the virus surges nationwide.<\/p>\n

The US has the world’s highest absolute number of cases as well as the most deaths related to the virus, according to the figures.<\/p>\n

It had a total of 18,006,061 reported cases on Monday evening and more than 319,000 deaths.<\/p>\n

The country began administering vaccines a week ago and has given app<\/a>roval to immunizations developed by Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna.<\/p>\n

States and cities have imposed varying levels of restrictions in a bid to slow the virus spread, but outgoing President Donald Trump has repeatedly downplayed its seriousness and urged reopenings.<\/p>\n

Trump’s behavior has come despite having been hospitalized with the virus himself.<\/p>\n

President-elect Joe Biden, who defeated Trump in the November 3 election, has been far more cautious, urging mask-wearing and abiding by social<\/a>-distancing rules.<\/p>\n

Earlier Monday, Biden received a COVID-19 vaccine live on television in a campaign to boost Americans’ confidence in the jabs.\n <\/p>\n\n

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