U.S. notches up more COVID-19 case and hospitalization records


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  • Thursday, 12 Nov 2020

FILE PHOTO: Rosio Osuna, 47, is tested for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in East Los Angeles, California, U.S., November 10, 2020. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson

(Reuters) - The United States continued to notch up grim records on Wednesday as it battles through the coronavirus pandemic, with a worsening outbreak in the northeast of the country adding pressure on top of an already reeling Midwest.

Reported new COVID-19 infections of 142,279 were at an all-time daily high for a second day in a row and above 100,000 for an eighth consecutive day, according to a Reuters tally.

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