Washington: The United States has again broken its record of new daily COVID-19 cases with surges in Washington State and New Mexico.
The country reported 99,321 new COVID-19 cases for Friday, marking the second consecutive day it has seen the highest new daily count since the pandemic began, according to Johns Hopkins University.
On Thursday, the United States reported 88,521 new cases.
The number of new cases Friday along with 1,030 new deaths, has brought the country’s total number of cases to over 9 million and deaths to over 229,000.
Washington saw its highest number of new cases in single day since July.
The state’s department of health on Friday reported 1,047 new cases.
“In today’s numbers, we see more evidence that the surge isn’t coming — it’s here,” the department said in a statement Friday.
