World, Sept. 20 -- The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Saturday reported at least 198,099 people dead from coronavirus, showing a rise to the number of deaths by 983 people.
The center also reported 6,706,374 cases of the new coronavirus, an increase of 49,575 cases from its previous count, according to Reuters.
The CDC's tally of cases of the respiratory illness known as COVID-19, caused by the new coronavirus, was as of 4 p.m. ET on Sept. 18 versus its previous report a day earlier, the report wrote.
The CDC figures do not necessarily reflect cases reported by individual states.
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