Deadliest Day In US Yet: New Cases Surpass 200,000 While Deaths Skyrocket Past Spring Peak
The numbers are ominous: It was reported Wednesday that 3,100 Americans died of COVID-19. And that number will climb with over 100,000 sick enough to be hospitalized and over 200,000 new infections detected.
The New York Times:
Grim Day In U.S. As Covid-19 Deaths And Hospitalizations Set Records
The United States on Wednesday recorded its single-worst daily death toll since the pandemic began, and on a day when Covid-19 hospitalizations also hit an all-time high, the pace of loss showed no signs of slowing any time soon. Not since spring, during the pandemic’s first peak, were so many deaths reported. The high point then was 2,752 deaths on April 15. On Wednesday it was at least 2,760. (12/3)
NPR:
U.S. Surpasses 100,000 Coronavirus Hospitalizations
More than 100,000 Americans are in the hospital with COVID-19, at the same time the nation recorded its single-worst daily death toll since the start of the pandemic. Data from the COVID Tracking Project show 100,226 people were hospitalized on Wednesday with the disease caused by the coronavirus — a figure that has been steadily rising for weeks. Meanwhile, 2,760 new deaths were reported, surpassing the previous record from April 15 when 2,752 people died, according to The New York Times. (Diaz, 12/2)
CNN:
The US Reports 3,100 Coronavirus Deaths In One Day -- 20% More Than Previous Record
There were 3,157 Covid-19 deaths reported Wednesday -- an all-time high for the pandemic -- and health care systems are struggling to support the weight of worsening impacts. The more recent death toll is an increase of about 20% from the previous record of 2,603 set on April 15. (Holcombe, 12/3)
The Atlantic:
America Hits A Record 100,000 Hospitalizations In One Day
Today the United States blew by two grim pandemic milestones. The country recorded a record 195,695 coronavirus cases and reported 100,226 hospitalizations, passing the 100,000 mark for the first time, according to the COVID Tracking Project at The Atlantic. While the 2,733 deaths today did not break the all-time record, this was the first day since May with more than 2,500 deaths, as well as the day with the second-most deaths so far. (By The New York Times’ methodology, today’s was the highest daily coronavirus death toll on record.) (Moser, 12/2)
USA Today:
How A Third Wave Of COVID-19 Engulfed The US
The spring surge was centered on New Orleans and urban areas in the Northeast. The summer surge primarily rocked Sun Belt states such as Texas, Arizona and Florida. Now, nearly every corner of America is getting hit with extraordinary case counts. Forty-five states reported more cases during one week in November than in any other week since the start of the pandemic, a USA TODAY analysis of Johns Hopkins University coronavirus data shows. Only Florida, Hawaii, Mississippi, New York and South Carolina had worse peaks in prior months. (Haseman and Stucka, 12/2)
