GRIM RISE
US sets single-day Covid record with 278k testing positive as CDC data suggests real death toll is 470k
Updated: 3 Jan 2021, 11:23
THE US has hit another grim milestone as it recorded almost 278,000 new Covid cases - the highest single day rise of the pandemic.
It come as new Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data suggested the true coronavirus death toll may be almost 470,000.
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Doctors treat patients in a Covid ward in TexasCredit: Getty Images - Getty
America continues to suffer under from the virus as doctors warned the fight against Covid is "literally World War Three".
The total number of US deaths in the pandemic has now topped 350,000 as 2,385 fatalities were recorded by the Covid Tracking Project.