WASHINGTON – More than 99,000 coronavirus cases were recorded in the US in the past 24 hours, a new daily record, according to a tally by Johns Hopkins University.
The country reported 99,660 fresh infections between 8.30pm Tuesday and 8.30pm yesterday (0130 GMT), and 1,112 deaths, the tally by the Baltimore-based school showed a day after Americans voted to choose their next president.
More than 9.4 million people have been infected by Covid-19 and 233,000 have died of the disease in the US so far during the pandemic – by far the worst tolls in absolute terms globally. – AFP, November 5, 2020
