The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in the United States jumped by 43,772 in the past 24 hours to reach a total of 5,817,538, according to the Johns Hopkins University’s tally. The figure is up from yesterday’s 36,368 new cases and marks the largest daily increase in new infections since Saturday. Meanwhile, the US’ death toll from the disease increased by 1,249 to 179,596 and the number of patients who recovered from the disease jumped by 30,766 to 2,084,465.