LOS ANGELES - The U.S. recorded more than 144,000 coronavirus cases Tuesday, setting another single-day record for virus cases since the pandemic first began, according to data from Johns Hopkins University.
Well over 100,000 new confirmed coronavirus cases have been reported daily in the U.S. for more than a week. There have been more than 242,000 deaths recorded and over 10.5 million confirmed cases, according to Johns Hopkins.
Earlier this week, Pfizer Inc. said that its COVID-19 vaccine may be 90% effective, based on early and incomplete test results.
But Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation’s leading expert on infectious diseases, warned that it is highly unlikely that COVID-19 could be fully eradicated, saying that a vaccine won’t.