US passes 4,000 Covid-19 deaths in one day for the first time
A temporary hospital set up to treat Covid-19 patients in Los Angeles. (Photo / CNN)
US passes 4,000 Covid-19 deaths in one day for the first time
Sat, 9 Jan 2021, 10:00AM
The US reported more Covid-19 cases and deaths in the last week than any previous seven days during the pandemic, data showed Friday morning.
And more than 4,080 US coronavirus deaths were reported on Thursday alone -- the most ever reported in a single day during the pandemic and the first time the daily tally rose above 4,000, Johns Hopkins University (JHU) data showed.