The US has surpassed 5 million confirmed cases of coronavirus, by far the highest in the world.
The bleak milestone - recorded the Johns Hopkins University, which is tracking the virus - confirms the US as the worst hit country, followed by Brazil and India, which have more than 3 million and 2.1 million infections respectively.
More than 40 million Americans lost their jobs at the peak of the pandemic, with the US unemployment rate standing at 10.2% in July - down from 14.7% in April
More than 162,000 people have died from the virus in the US, and European nations have barred American tourists, and visitors from other countries with growing cases, from freely travelling to the bloc