According to Johns Hopkins University, the US has set a new grim record after reporting 225,201 new Coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours, the highest single-day spike since the onset of the pandemic in the country, currently the worst-hit in the world.
The new figure on Friday increased the overall caseload to 14,343,430, the University's Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) revealed in its latest update on Saturday.
In the same period, the country also reported 2,506 new fatalities, which increased the total coronavirus death toll to 278,605, according to the CSSE.
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The two tallies relating to deaths and fatalities are the highest in the world.
On Wednesday, the United States had established a world record of single-day case count, after as many 196,227 fresh cases were recorded. Hospitalizations also surpassed 100,000 counts for the first time.