nydailynews.com 30 Dec, 2020 13:45 am

U.S. reports record high COVID-19 daily death toll

The United States hit another grim COVID-19 landmark Tuesday with its highly daily death toll since the pandemic started.

“The reason I’m concerned, and my colleagues in public health are concerned also, is that we very well might see a post-seasonal — in the sense of Christmas, New Year’s — surge, and, as I have described it, as a surge upon a surge,” he said on CNN’s “State of the Union.More than 247,000 new cases were also reported Tuesday.(Alexandra Wimley/AP) Colorado Tuesday reported the first known stateside case of the faster-spreading COVID strain that is currently wrecking havoc in Europe.1 million people were screened by TSA at airports on Saturday, making it the third busiest day for air travel since March.

” “If you look at the slope, the incline of cases that we have experienced as we have gone into the late fall and soon-to-be-early winter, it is really quite troubling.The United States hit another grim COVID-19 landmark Tuesday with its highly daily death toll since the pandemic started.

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