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Covid 19 coronavirus: US hits harrowing new daily record with over 3000 deaths
10 Dec, 2020 01:43 AM
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There are almost a dozen coronavirus vaccines in final-stage testing, with Moderna and Pfizer showing promising preliminary results. Video / AP
There are almost a dozen coronavirus vaccines in final-stage testing, with Moderna and Pfizer showing promising preliminary results. Video / AP
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By: Ben Graham
The United States has been breaking coronavirus records on a daily basis, but this morning the nation hit a harrowing new milestone.
Overnight, the US recorded 3,046 Covid-19 deaths in a single day, a pandemic record. That s more than the entire death toll of the 9/11 attacks in 2001 which claimed the lives of 2,996 people.