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The US surpassed 20 million total recorded COVID-19 cases on Friday, hours after the country ushered in 2021 and left behind its deadliest month of the pandemic.
PHILADELPHIA -- The US topped 20 million total infections and inched closer to 350,000 COVID-19 deaths on the first day of 2021 -- reminders of a grim reality continuing into the new year. More people have died across the US than anywhere else: nearly 348,000 Americans since the pandemic's start. About another 115,000 could die over the next month, according to projections from the University of Washington's Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation. That's while hospitalizations are at the highest levels they've ever been. The US reported a record 125,379 hospitalized COVID-19 patients nat...
The nation also has set a COVID-19 hospitalisation record for four straight days. The high counts are a grim reminder that even with 2020 behind us, the pandemic continues to ravage parts of the country. And some leaders warn the worst is still ahead. READ MORE: A respiratory therapist gives oxygen to a COVID-19 patient before intubating him shortly after he was transferred to the intensive care unit from the main ward for COVID-19 patients(AP) "We are still going to have our toughest and darkest days," Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti told CNN. More than 125,000 coronavirus patients wer...
US surpasses 20 million Covid-19 cases while experts foresee tough times in January The US surpassed 20 million total recorded Covid-19 cases on Friday, hours after the country ushered in 2021 and left behind its deadliest month of the pandemic. The nation also has set a Covid-19 hospitalization record for four straight days. The high counts are a grim reminder that even with 2020 behind us, the pandemic continues to ravage parts of the country. And some leaders warn the worst is still ahead. “We are still going to have our toughest and darkest days,” Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti told ...
US coronavirus cases hit 20 million CNN 1/2/2021 By Christina Maxouris and Jason Hanna, CNN © Callaghan O'Hare/REUTERS Healthcare workers treat patients infected with the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) at United Memorial Medical Center in Houston, Texas, U.S., December 28, 2020. REUTERS/Callaghan O'Hare The US surpassed 20 million total recorded Covid-19 cases on Friday, hours after the country ushered in 2021 and left behind its deadliest month of the pandemic. The nation also has set a Covid-19 hospitalization record for four straight days. The high counts are a grim re...