The United States recorded Thursday, October 29 a new record of Covid-19 cases in 24 hours, crossing for the first time the barrier of 90,000 new contaminations, according to a count from Johns Hopkins University.
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The country, which is experiencing an upsurge in the epidemic, recorded some 91,290 new cases between Wednesday and Thursday, according to a statement made at 8:30 p.m. local by AFP of university figures, updated continuously.
On the same day, 1,021 people died from Covid-19 in the United States, by far the most affected country in the world in terms of death toll.
The United States recorded a total of 228,625 deaths Thursday evening since the start of the pandemic, and 8.94 million cases.
On Saturday, the country had already recorded a record of contaminations in one day, with 88,973 cases.
Currently, the most difficult situation concerns the northern United States and the Midwest.
Five days before the presidential election, Democratic candidate Joe Biden has made the management of the health crisis his main angle of attack against Donald Trump.
