FILE - Liam Burns (C) listens as President-elect Joe Biden addresses the nation at the Chase Center on November 07, 2020 in Wilmington, Delaware. LOS ANGELES - The United States has recorded more than 120,000 new confirmed COVID-19 cases on Saturday, breaking the previous single-day record, and the fourth consecutive day for new cases over 100,000, according to data from Johns Hopkins University.Johns Hopkins reported 126,742 new cases throughout the U.S.
Nov. 7, surpassing the 121,888 new cases reported the previous day. One day before that, the country recorded 102,831 new cases.The nation is setting records for coronavirus cases heading into a cold weather season when many experts expect the virus will be harder to contain.