The US Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has reported a total 1,737,950 cases of the new coronavirus, an increase of 18,123 cases from its previous count, and said that the number of deaths has risen by 1,074 to 102,785.

The CDC reported its tally of cases of Covid-19 as of 4pm EDT on May 29 versus its previous report released on Friday.

The CDC figures do not necessarily reflect cases reported by individual states.