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WASHINGTON: The United States recorded a record number of new coronavirus cases on Thursday (October 29), surpassing the grim milestone of more than 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, saw 91,295 new cases in the 24 hours to 8:30 p.m. Thursday, according to a real-time tally from the Baltimore-based school. .
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The United States has counted 8.94 million cases of the new coronavirus since the beginning 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.
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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.
At least nine states – Indiana, Ohio, Maine, Minnesota, Illinois, North Dakota, North Carolina, Michigan and Oregon – reported record one-day increases in COVID-19 cases on Thursday, according to a Reuters tally.
Indiana also reported a record number of hospitalizations, which are skyrocketing across the country, a metric independent of the amount of testing being done.
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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