US Again Breaks Daily Record With 88,521 New Cases

October 30, 2020 Coronavirus, Trump Administration

Daily Covid-19 cases in the US reached a record high on Thursday, with experts warning that death rates could triple by mid-January. There were 88,521 new cases of the coronavirus reported in the US on October 29, according to data from Johns Hopkins University — 9,540 more cases than Wednesday.

In total, there have been 8,944,934 cases and at least 228,656 deaths in the US — 971 of them on Thursday, JHU data shows.

“This is the hardest point in this pandemic right now — the next two months,” Dr. Scott Gottlieb, former commissioner of the US Food and Drug Administration, said during an interview on CNBC’s “Squawk Box” Thursday. “We can’t give up our guard right now.”

The US reported 88,521 new Covid-19 cases on Thursday — the highest single-day total in the country since the pandemic began.https://t.co/JGt1xOWsvZ pic.twitter.com/BEe53ZJGaX

— New Day (@NewDay) October 30, 2020