The country recorded 131,420 new coronavirus infections on Saturday (November 07)—the highest daily rise in the number of cases for the fourth day in a row.
The country’s nationwide case count has jumped to 9.91 million as new cases were registered on Saturday.
The U.S. death toll from the disease hit 237,289 after it recorded more 1,000 new fatalities for the fifth consecutive day on Saturday.
Texas, according to Reuters’ figures, has become the first state in the U.S. to surpass one million cases.
Worldwide, 49.8 million people have been reported infected with the coronavirus pandemic and a total of 1,249,683 have died, according to the Reuters’ coronavirus tracker.
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