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US hits nine million coronavirus cases and breaks daily infections record for the second day in a row – SBS News
The US broke its daily record for new coronavirus cases on Friday, which was set just a day earlier.
The United States notched a record number of newly reported coronavirus infections for the second day in a row on Friday, passing nine million cases days before the nation chooses its next president.
The US reported a record 94,125 new cases in the 24 hours up to 8:30pm Friday ET, according to a tally run by Johns Hopkins University.
That broke the record of more than 91,000 cases set just one day earlier.
As of Friday evening ET, the US had notched 9,036,678 cases and 229,585 deaths, according…
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