The US sets a single-day coronavirus infection record with 103,087 new confirmed cases, The Atlantic reports.
It is the first time any country surpasses 100,000 new cases in a single day.
Seventeen states report record high hospitalization numbers and 52,000 Americans are hospitalized with the virus.
Public health experts fear potentially dire consequences.
Salt Lake County Health Department public health nurses look on during coronavirus testing in Salt Lake City, Utah, Nov. 3, 2020. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)
Daily new confirmed coronavirus cases in the US have surged 45% over the past two weeks, to a record seven-day average of 86,352, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University.
Deaths are also on the rise, up 15% to an average of 846 deaths every day.
The pestilence has killed over 232,000 Americans, and total confirmed US cases have surpassed 9 million. Those are the highest totals in the world, and new infections are increasing in nearly every state.
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