The United States broke its own record for the number of daily deaths from Covid-19 yet again Tuesday, recording 3,936 fatalities in 24 hours, according to a tally kept by Johns Hopkins university.
The worst-hit country in the world by the pandemic also recorded more than 250,000 new cases in the period up until 8.30 pm Tuesday (0130 GMT Wednesday), the Baltimore-based university's records showed.
That brings the US to more than 21 million cases and 357,000 deaths in total since the start of the pandemic.
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