While the nation anxiously awaits the final results of the 2020 presidential election, the coronavirus pandemic in the United States is setting new records as COVID-19 cases rise rapidly across the country.The United States reported 102,831 new COVID-19 cases yesterday and 1,097 deaths, according to the Johns Hopkins COVID-19 dashboard.
It was the first time any country has reported more than 100,000 new cases in a single day. Caseloads are rising significantly in nearly every state.The nationwide spike is increasingly straining US hospitals.
The Washington Post reports that 18 states have logged record-high COVID-19 hospitalizations this week, and data from the COVID Tracking Project show that 20 states have more than 1,000 people