US hits record high single-day total as COVID-19 cases surpass 9 mn

The United States reported over 90000 COVID19 cases the record high singleday total since the onset of the pandemic in the country It took only 14 days for the country to add one million new cases from eight million to nine million the fastest rate since the pandemic began Xinhua news agency reported on FridayCases and deaths have skyrocketed across the United States in recent days The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention CDC reported 90155 new COVID19 cases and 1055 new deaths on Thursday marking the fourth time in a week that daily cases topped 80000The UnitedStates reported over 90000 COVID__19 cases the record high singleday total since the onset of the pandemic in the country pictwittercomcYDd3pz2kymdash IANS Tweets ians_india October 31 2020Nine states reported their record high singleday of new cases ever on Thursday including Illinois Indiana Maine Michigan Minnesota New Mexico North Carolina North Dakota and Ohio The sevenday average case count has been on a sharp rise recently standing at nearly 77000 CDC data showMore data are revealing the critical resurgence of the pandemic The COVID Tracking Project on Thursday reported a new US record of more than 500000 infections recorded this week Twentyfive states have set a new record for cases in the last two weeks including 17 states with record highs since last WednesdayAccording to the tracking project hospitalizations nationally have risen to an average of almost 43000 people up from around 30000 at the beginning of the month The surge in cases was not driven by an increasing number of tests according to the project The country reported a record number of tests at 82 million but case growth which is 24 per cent far outpaced test growth which is 9 percentSince October 1 the sevenday average for new cases has risen 61 per cent while tests are only up 14 per cent in the same period Meanwhile the number of patients currently hospitalized with COVID19 has risen 40 per cent in October thus far according to the tracking projectThis is the hardest point in this pandemic right now the next two months Scott Gottlieb former commissioner of the US Food and Drug Administration said during an interview with CNBC on Thursday We cant give up our guard right now Gottlieb warned the United States will cross the 100000 cases per day threshold sometime in the next couple of weeks or maybe even this weekHe added that this is due to the publics behavior and lack of caution The reality is that I think were not going to start to see a slowdown in the pandemic until you see consumer behavior change and until you see mobility data start to decline Thats been the lesson of the past surges in the virusAccording to the new forecast from the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation IHME at the University of Washington it is most likely that by midJanuary 2250 Americans will be dying every day from COVID19 which is about three times the current rate at around 800 deaths per dayThe death toll would reach 399163 by February 1 according to the projection If states do not react to rising numbers by reimposing mandates cumulative deaths could reach 514000 by the same date the IHME said in a statement Hospital systems particularly ICUs are expected to be under extreme stress in December and January in 18 states said the IHME Scaling up mask wearing can delay the need for further social distancing mandates and save 62000 lives by February 1Anthony Fauci director of the US National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases reiterated caution on the nations outlook I think it will be easily by the end of 2021 and perhaps even into the next year before we start having some semblances of normality Fauci said during a panel discussion earlier this weekThe United States has recorded more than 9015000 confirmed COVID19 cases and over 229300 deaths as of Friday afternoon according to the realtime count kept by Johns Hopkins UniversityKeep scrolling to read more newsCatch up on all the latest Crime National International and Hatke news here Also download the new midday Android and iOS apps to get latest updates MidDay is now on Telegram Click here to join our channel middayinfomedialtd and stay updated with the latest newsThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever