Health | coronavirus US Hits 4M Cases, Just 15 Days After Last Milestone Positive results are surging around the country By Newser Editors Posted Jul 23, 2020 3:25 PM CDT Copied Rafael Ruiz, left, is tested for COVID-19 at a walk-up testing site in Miami Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky) The US reached another unwanted milestone in the pandemic on Thursday by hitting 4 million cases. The figure comes from the Johns Hopkins coronavirus tracker. As NPR notes, the milestone comes just 15 days after the US reached 3 million cases. It also represents a doubling of cases in the last 6 weeks, reports the Washington Post. The death toll in the US now exceeds 143,000. Read These Next Doctor shares wish for pro-Trump flood victims, and is fired. Scarlett Johansson is the highest-grossing actor of all time. Inspectors had just visited doomed Texas camp days before floods. President Trump on farm workers: 'There's no amnesty.' Get breaking news in your inbox. What you need to know, as soon as we know it. Sign up Report an error