LOS ANGELES - The U.S. recorded the highest-ever number of new COVID-19 cases in one day with 88,251 counted Thursday — more than any other day since the first U.S.
case was counted on Jan. 21. Thursday’s death toll approached 1,000, with 971 deaths recorded, bringing the total death count in the U.S.
to more than 229,000. On Friday, the United States surpassed 9 million confirmed COVID-19 cases, according to data from Johns Hopkins University, as health officials prepared for what they say may be a devastating winter amid the recent surge of cases in the country.The U.S.
added 500,000 COVID-19 cases in just one week, breaking yet another record. In that span, the U.S. averaged roughly 71,000 new cases per day, the New York Times.