WASHINGTON – The US yesterday notched a record number of new coronavirus cases, for the first time topping 90,000 diagnoses in 24 hours, according to a tally by Johns Hopkins University.
The country, which has seen a resurgence of its Covid-19 outbreak since mid-October, recorded 91,295 fresh infections in the 24 hours up to 8.30pm yesterday, according to a real-time count by the Baltimore-based school.
The US has tallied 8.94 million cases since the beginning of the pandemic, the most of any country in the world.
Within the same 24-hour period, 1,021 people died of the disease in the US, bringing its total to 228,625 fatalities – the highest worldwide.
The country’s previous record of daily cases was set on Saturday, with 88,973 new infections.
The virus is currently spreading most rampantly in the Midwest.
With five days to go until the election, Democrat Joe Biden has made Republican Donald Trump’s handling of the health crisis his main attack point against the president. – AFP, October 30, 2020
