WASHINGTON: The United States broke its own record for the number of daily deaths from Covid-19 again on Tuesday, registering 3,936 deaths in 24 hours, according to a count by Johns Hopkins University.
The country hardest hit in the world by the pandemic also registered 250,173 new cases in the period until 8:30 pm on Tuesday (1:30 am GMT on Wednesday), according to records from the University of Baltimore.
This has led the United States to more than 21 million cases and 357,067 deaths in total since the pandemic began.
The number of people hospitalized is also at its highest level since the start of the pandemic, with more than 131,000 patients occupying beds due to Covid-19, according to data from the Covid Tracking Project.
The situation is particularly dire in the south and west of the country.
Los Angeles ambulance workers were instructed to stop transporting some patients with extremely low chances of survival to the hospital and to limit oxygen use as Covid’s reported cases overwhelm medical resources.
The previous one-day death record was set six days ago, with more than 3,920 deaths.
The United States has faced a spectacular increase in cases in recent months. Since the end of November, the number of daily deaths has increased dramatically, regularly exceeding 2,000 and often 3,000 deaths per day.
An expected increase due to holiday gatherings is expected to further aggravate the situation.
The richest country in the world ends up relying on the vaccination campaign, which started in mid-December, to overcome the epidemic.
But less than 2% of the population has been covered so far, with 4.8 million people having received their first injection.
On Tuesday, President-elect Joe Biden, who will take office on January 20, spoke to his future team in charge of the health crisis.
Several options for speeding up the delivery of the vaccine – including the possibility of increasing the role of the federal government – were discussed, according to a statement.
The country hardest hit in the world by the pandemic also registered 250,173 new cases in the period until 8:30 pm on Tuesday (1:30 am GMT on Wednesday), according to records from the University of Baltimore.
This has led the United States to more than 21 million cases and 357,067 deaths in total since the pandemic began.
The number of people hospitalized is also at its highest level since the start of the pandemic, with more than 131,000 patients occupying beds due to Covid-19, according to data from the Covid Tracking Project.
The situation is particularly dire in the south and west of the country.
Los Angeles ambulance workers were instructed to stop transporting some patients with extremely low chances of survival to the hospital and to limit oxygen use as Covid’s reported cases overwhelm medical resources.
The previous one-day death record was set six days ago, with more than 3,920 deaths.
The United States has faced a spectacular increase in cases in recent months. Since the end of November, the number of daily deaths has increased dramatically, regularly exceeding 2,000 and often 3,000 deaths per day.
An expected increase due to holiday gatherings is expected to further aggravate the situation.
The richest country in the world ends up relying on the vaccination campaign, which started in mid-December, to overcome the epidemic.
But less than 2% of the population has been covered so far, with 4.8 million people having received their first injection.
On Tuesday, President-elect Joe Biden, who will take office on January 20, spoke to his future team in charge of the health crisis.
Several options for speeding up the delivery of the vaccine – including the possibility of increasing the role of the federal government – were discussed, according to a statement.