US just recorded a world-record 100,000 coronavirus cases in one day

[Chris Smith]

• The US broke the global daily record for new coronavirus cases in a single day, registering more than 100,000 new cases on Friday.
• The previous record belonged to India and it dated back to mid-September.
• The daily COVID-19 death toll surpassed 1,000 as well on Friday, with experts warning that things are only going to get worse.

It was only a matter of time before the novel coronavirus soared to new records, given the virus's current trajectory in the northern hemisphere. COVID-19 is raging in the US and most European regions, and hundreds of thousands of people have been testing positive each day for the past few weeks. Now, more than 100,000 Americans tested positive for COVID-19 on Friday, a horrific milestone that had never been reached in the pandemic by a single country. This is the third peak of America’s COVID-19 epidemic so far, although calling it a peak isn’t exactly accurate because the number of daily cases is expected to reach new records in the coming days and weeks.

Since March, the US has been experiencing a continued coronavirus wave, hitting a new record number of cases in mid-July. The number of cases dropped by early September, reaching a plateau of around 25,000 cases, well above Dr. Fauci’s target of 10,000 cases a day ahead of the fall. Comparatively, most European markets flattened the curve in early June and started battling the second wave of the pandemic just recently. The US is dealing with the third wave, according to some, while others still call it the first wave since case numbers never really dropped to respectable numbers. And the worst news is that experts warn that things are only going to get worse.

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