Seventy more people have died from the coronavirus in Massachusetts as the number of confirmed cases increased by 2,615 on Sunday, according to state health officials.

The 70 new deaths bring the state’s COVID-19 death toll to 756, the state Department of Public Health announced.

The state now has 25,475 confirmed cases of the highly contagious disease, an increase of 2,615 cases since Saturday.

Middlesex County has the most confirmed cases in Massachusetts with 5,660 cases, followed by Suffolk County with 5,359 cases.

The state reported 3,050 residents and health-care workers at long-term care facilities have now contracted the virus, with 199 facilities reporting at least one case of COVID-19.

Of the state’s 756 total coronavirus deaths, 340 deaths are connected to long-term care facilities.

An additional 7,954 tests have brought the state’s total to 116,730 tests.

The U.S. has recorded more than 545,000 cases as of Sunday — the most cases in the world. More than 21,000 Americans have died. More than 32,000 Americans have recovered.

New York is the country’s hotspot with more than 9,000 deaths and 185,000 cases.

There are more than 1.8 million confirmed cases worldwide and more than 113,000 deaths. More than 420,000 people have recovered.