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WASHINGTON: The United States recorded a record number of new coronavirus cases on Thursday, surpassing 90,000 diagnoses in 24 hours for the first time, 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 new cases in the 24 hours to 8:30 p.m. Thursday, according to a real-time tally by the Baltimore-based school. .
The United States has counted 8.94 million cases of coronavirus since the start of the pandemic, the most of any country in the world.
In the same 24-hour period, 1,021 people died from Covid-19 in the US, bringing the country’s total to 228,625 deaths. It is the highest registered toll in the world.
The country’s previous record for daily cases was set on Saturday, with 88,973 new infections.
Currently, the virus is spreading more rampant in the Midwest.
Five days before the election, Democrat Joe Biden has made Donald Trump’s handling of the health crisis his main point of attack against the president.
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