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United States records new daily record for COVID-19 cases
(Last Updated On: October 24, 2020)
The United States broke its daily record for new coronavirus infections on Friday as it reported 84,218 new cases, according to a Reuters tally.
The previous record was 77,299 new cases in one day – that was on July 16.
This latest spike in cases comes less than two weeks before the presidential election on November 3.
Reuters reported that currently, hospitalizations are over 41,000 and deaths average nearly 800 per day. Sixteen states had record one-day increases in new cases on Friday and 11 reported a record number of hospitalized COVID-19 patients.
This US has the most cases in the world at 8.5 million and the most fatalities with 224,000 lives lost.