US tops one million new daily COVID-19 cases – a global record
4" January "2022".SOURCE: AL JAZEERA AND NEWS AGENCIES
The United States has reported more than one million new COVID-19 cases in a single day, setting a grim new global record, according to data from Johns Hopkins University.
There were 1,082,549 new cases in the US reported on Monday following the long New Year’s weekend, according to the tracking group.
The number of cases reported on a Monday is typically higher than other days because of delays in weekend tallying, especially after a three-day holiday weekend.
The figure reported on January 3, however, is double the number of daily cases compared with the previous Monday.
The rolling average of new cases over seven days, which experts see as more reliable, was 501,205 new dail...