WASHINGTON, Oct 31 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The US hit a record number of new coronavirus cases on Friday for the second day in a row, topping 94,000 infections in 24 hours, according to a tally from Johns Hopkins University.
The country, which has seen a resurgence of its Covid-19 outbreak since mid-October, recorded 94,125 new cases in the 24 hours up to 8:30 pm Friday (0030 GMT Saturday), according to a real-time count by the Baltimore-based school.
That broke the record of more than 91,000 cases set just one day earlier.
The US has tallied 8.94 million cases of the coronavirus since the
beginning of the pandemic, the most of any country in the world.
Within the same 24-hour period, 1,021 people died from Covid-19 in the US,
bringing the country’s total to 228,625 fatalities. It is the highest
recorded toll in the world.
The virus is currently spreading most rampantly in the Midwest.
With just days to go until the Nov 3 election, Democrat Joe Biden has made Donald Trump’s handling of the health crisis his main attack point against the president. — NNN-AGENCIES
