US sets new record with nearly 4,000 Covid deaths in one day; Johns Hopkins

WASHINGTON: The United States counted a record number of daily coronavirus deaths Thursday at nearly 4,000, according to data from Johns Hopkins University.

The 3,998 deaths were recorded



over the 24 hour period ending at 8:30 p.m. local time (0130 GMT Friday), during which the US notched 265,246 new infections, according to the university.