5 things about COVID-19 in September

There has been one documented COVID-19 case for every 46 Americans.

September was the third consecutive month in which the US recorded over 1 million known cases of COVID-19, though the number of cases was down 17% from 1.45 million in August to 1.2 million. By the end of September, there were 7.17 million known cases of the virus since the beginning of the year, one for every 46 residents.