The United States of America has on Tuesday set a new record for the mostCovid-19 deaths reported in one day since the pandemic started almost two years ago, according to data from Johns Hopkins University.
Although the full number will be ascertained in the midnight, the country has reported 4,197 Covid-19 related deaths as at Tuesday evening.
According to the institute which has been spearheading Covid-19 data collection in the country, the only other time the number of deaths have gone over 4,000 took place on January 7 when 4,194 total deaths were reported.
Prior to Tuesday's record-setting death toll, the US had averaged more than 3,223 Covid-19 deaths a day over the past week, JHU data showed.
Over the past week, an average of 248,650 new Covid-19 infections have been reported every day.
The country still remains the most affected nation with over 23 million confirmed cases and with almost 400 thousand Covid-19 related deaths.
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