US daily COVID cases hit record for third day, topping 127,000

WASHINGTON — The United States has set a third straight daily record for new COVID-19 infections, notching more than 127,000 cases, John Hopkins University reports.

Meanwhile, the death toll over the past 24 hours was 1,149, the Baltimore-based university says.

This is far below the levels of spring when the pandemic first hit, but it is still the fourth day in a row with more than 1,000 deaths — a rate not seen since August.

As of Friday evening, the US — the worst hit country in the world in terms of deaths and total cases — had more than 236,000 coronavirus-related fatalities and 9.7 million known infections.

— AFP

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