The day after the presidential election, more than 100,000 new corona infections were first diagnosed in 24 hours in the United States.
Also, a record number of patients were hospitalized with Covid-19 in 17 states.
According to The Washington Post, the rising number of hospitalizations threatens to overburdensome healthcare agencies.
Francis Collins, director of the US National Health Institute NIH, has urged Americans to wear face masks in winter. According to him, 130,000 lives could be saved.
The total number of diagnosed corona infections in the United States stands at 9,465,646, according to data from Johns Hopkins University.
At least 233,535 Americans have already died from the virus. No other country has been hit as hard by the pandemic in terms of contamination and death toll as the US.
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