U.S. sets single-day record for COVID-19 deaths
January 8, 2021
More than 4,000 Americans lost their lives yesterday to COVID-19. Government research has found that more than half of all cases result because of contact with individuals who carry the virus but are unaware that they have it. More than 363,000 people in the U.S. have lost their lives to the virus to date, with forecasts seeing that number rising to somewhere between 405,000 and 438,000 by the end of January.
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