With the nation awaiting word on emergency use authorization (EUA) for a COVID-19 vaccine and the promise of an eventual end to the pandemic, the current US surge in new infections continues unabated, filling hospitals and pushing the daily death toll to new highs.Globally, COVID-19 cases continue to spike in most regions of the world, straining health systems in several countries.Record daily death tollAccording to the Johns Hopkins COVID-19 tracker, the United States yesterday reported 221,267 new COVID-19 cases and 3,124 deaths.
Data compiled by the COVID Tracking Project show 106,671 COVID-19 patients in US hospitals.The 3,124 COVID-19 deaths is the highest single-day death total in the country since the beginning of the pandemic and