US Again Breaks Daily Record With 153K COVID Cases

The Wall Street Journal reports:

The U.S. for the first time reported more than 150,000 new coronavirus cases in a single day, driven by record infection counts in more than a dozen states. More than 153,000 new cases were recorded in the U.S. and the nation’s total topped 10.5 million, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University. California became the second state in the country after Texas to surpass one million total cases.

Across the country, daily caseloads surged. Illinois reported a record number of infections for the second day in a row. Ohio and Minnesota each topped 7,000 daily cases for the first time since the pandemic began, while Pennsylvania and Indiana reported more than 6,000 cases in a day, according to Johns Hopkins. The rising numbers of cases pushed hospitalizations higher. The number of people hospitalized due to Covid-19 rose to a record 67,096 for Thursday.

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On Thursday, more than 150,000 Covid-19 cases were reported in a single day in the US for the first time. https://t.co/13tmuL9OQg

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