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US daily death toll tops 3000 for first time – more deadly than 9/11 terror attacks
Friday December 11, 2020
The daily US COVID-19 death toll has surpassed 3000 for the first time, prompting pleas for Americans to scale back Christmas plans even with vaccines on the cusp of winning regulatory approval.
The number of people in hospital receiving treatment in the US surpassed 106,000 on Wednesday.(Reuters: Callaghan O’Hare)
COVID-19 deaths reached 3253 on Wednesday, pushing up the US total since the start of the pandemic to 289,740.
A record 106,219 people were hospitalised with the highly infectious disease, threatening to overwhelm many healthcare systems.
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