US Covid-19 hospital admissions reach 100,000 for first time
Nearly 200,000 new US cases reported as CDC director warns that December, January and February are likely to be 'the most difficult time in the public health history of this nation'
03 December 2020 - 20:04
Washington — US hospitalisations reached 100,000 patients for the first time and deaths from the coronavirus pandemic have surged past 2,000 for two days in a row, taxing an overwhelmed health-care system with US political leadership in disarray.
The toll from Covid-19 reached its second-highest level ever on Wednesday with 2,811 lives lost, according to a Reuters tally of official data, one short of the record from April 15...
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