Despite case-reporting lulls over the long holiday weekend, the number of Americans hospitalized with COVID-19 continues a record-breaking rise, with no let-up in the pace of deaths.At the international level, the pandemic total today topped 63 million with weekly cases declining for the first time since September, mainly led by declines in European countries that imposed new lockdowns, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) said today.Next rise could surpass Memorial Day spikeWith the Thanksgiving holiday now in the rearview mirror, health officials are bracing for another spike in infections.
Though holiday travel was lighter than usual, and though many people heeded public health recommendations not to gather, US air travel over