in a Nov. 20 briefing.Over the past 24 hours, the country reported more than 187,000 new cases and 2,015 virus deaths, according to data from Johns Hopkins University.
The number of people in the hospital with COVID-19 also hit an all-time high at more than 80,000.Cases in nearly every U.S. state are increasing, according to Johns Hopkins’ data.
The overall U.S. death toll has reached about 253,000, by far the highest in the world. The total number of confirmed U.S. infections has topped 11.7 million.Workers at a COVID-19 testing location take a break in the Staten Island neighborhood of Tottenville on Nov.
20, 2020 in New York City. The Tottenville zip code shows an approximate 6.5% positivity rate, currently the highest in the five.