A woman gets a self coronavirus test at a free walk-up COVID-19 testing site inside Penn Station in New York City, December 5, 2020. (Kena Betancur/AFP)
For the third day in a row, the United States on Saturday notched a record number of coronavirus cases in 24 hours, reaching nearly 230,000 new infections, according to a tally by Johns Hopkins University.
In that same stretch the US recorded 2,527 COVID-related deaths, according to real-time data provided by the Baltimore-based university at 8:30 pm (0130 GMT Saturday).
The United States — the country with the most coronavirus cases and deaths in the world — has seen a dramatic resurgence in its epidemic in recent weeks.
US health officials warned of a surge after millions of Americans traveled to celebrate last week’s Thanksgiving holiday despite pleas from authorities to stay home.
People wearing protective masks walk by the “Magic Landing” holiday decoration on Fifth Avenue on December 3, 2020 in New York City. (Cindy Ord/Getty Images/AFP)
For two weeks, the US has regularly topped 2,000 deaths per day, as it had in the spring at the height of the first wave of the country’s outbreak.
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The number of people hospitalized with COVID-19 is also steadily increasing, especially in the most populous states of California, Florida, New York and Texas, according to the COVID Tracking Project.
The United States has recorded more than 14.6 million COVID cases and more than 281,000 related deaths since the start of the pandemic.
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