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U.S. coronavirus cases pass 4 million for the month of November, doubling the record set in October.
Source: New York Times
LIVE Updated 3 hours ago
Covid-19 Updates: The U.S. Passes 4 Million Cases in November Alone, Doubling October’s Tally
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U.S. coronavirus cases pass 4 million for the month of November, doubling the record set in October.
The total number of coronavirus cases in the United States for November surpassed four million on Saturday, more than double the record set in October of 1.9 million cases. And the sharp escalation is likely to continue — or grow even steeper.
“We are on track to continue this accelerated pace of the epidemic and see even more speed of rise of cases because of the movement indoors, of activities around the country and because large numbers of people have moved around the country for the holidays,” said Tom Inglesby, the director of the Center for Health Security at Johns Hopkins University.
The milestone came as Americans traveled by the millions for the long Thanksgiving weekend and amid a Black Friday that saw some store crowding, even as merchants guided customers to online sales and limit in-person shopping. In the end, retail trackers reporteda 22 percent increase in Black Friday online sales over the previous record, while U.S. store visits fell by 52 percent, The Associated Press reported.
More than 170,000 people in the United States are now testing positive on an average day. More than 1.1 million people tested positive in the past week alone. The country’s overall total, from the start of the pandemic, is over 13 million infections — by far the world’s largest outbreak.
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Covid-19 Updates: The U.S. Passes 4 Million Cases in November Alone, Doubling October’s Tally
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U.S. coronavirus cases pass 4 million for the month of November, doubling the record set in October.
The total number of coronavirus cases in the United States for November surpassed four million on Saturday, more than double the record set in October of 1.9 million cases. And the sharp escalation is likely to continue — or grow even steeper.
“We are on track to continue this accelerated pace of the epidemic and see even more speed of rise of cases because of the movement indoors, of activities around the country and because large numbers of people have moved around the country for the holidays,” said Tom Inglesby, the director of the Center for Health Security at Johns Hopkins University.
The milestone came as Americans traveled by the millions for the long Thanksgiving weekend and amid a Black Friday that saw some store crowding, even as merchants guided customers to online sales and limit in-person shopping. In the end, retail trackers reporteda 22 percent increase in Black Friday online sales over the previous record, while U.S. store visits fell by 52 percent, The Associated Press reported.
More than 170,000 people in the United States are now testing positive on an average day. More than 1.1 million people tested positive in the past week alone. The country’s overall total, from the start of the pandemic, is over 13 million infections — by far the world’s largest outbreak.
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Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/live/2020/11/28/world/covid-19-coronavirus#us-coronavirus-cases-pass-4-million-for-the-month-of-november-doubling-the-record-set-in-october
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