US tops 90,000 COVID-19 cases in 24 hours for first time

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WASHINGTON: The United States notched a record number of new coronavirus cases on Thursday (Oct 29), topping the grim milestone of more than ...

WASHINGTON: The United States notched a record number of new coronavirus cases on Thursday , topping the grim milestone of more than 90,000 diagnoses 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, saw 91,295 new cases in the 24 hours up to 8.30pm on Thursday, according to a real-time count by the Baltimore-based school.The US has tallied 8.94 million cases of the novel 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.

 

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