The number of new coronary infections and hospitalizations in the U.S. hit a new single-day high on Thursday (Nov. 12).
According to data provided by Johns Hopkins University, more than 153,000 new infections were reported in the U.S. on Thursday, the first time the total number of new infections in a single day has exceeded 150,000.
About 10.6 million people in the U.S. are infected with the coronavirus, more than in any other country. The U.S. also leads the world with nearly 243,000 deaths from the new coronavirus, according to Johns Hopkins University. The university reported an additional 919 deaths from the new coronavirus on Thursday.
More than 67,000 people were hospitalized with neo-coronavirus disease on Thursday, an increase of more than 1,700 from the day before, according to The COVID Tracking Project.
The record rate of infections in the United States was driven by a sharp increase in the number of infections in California and the Midwestern and Northeastern states.
California, the most populous U.S. state, has more than 1 million new crown cases, as has Texas.
On Thursday, Illinois, Wisconsin, Michigan and Minnesota also reported sharp increases in the number of infections.
Microsoft Corp. said Friday that hackers backed by the Russian and North Korean governments have tried in recent months to steal data from pharmaceutical companies and New Crown researchers. The tech giant said most of the cyberattacks were unsuccessful, but did not give details of those that were successful. Microsoft said most of the attacks targeted Canada, France, India, South Korea and the United States.
The U.S. government said in July that Chinese government-backed actors also carried out cyberattacks on vaccine makers.
Worldwide, Italy was the 10th country to have more than 1 million infections. India and Brazil followed the U.S. with more than 8.7 million and 5.7 million cases, respectively. France is close to 2 million cases, followed by Russia with 1.87 million cases. Passing the 1 million mark were Spain, the United Kingdom, Argentina and Colombia.
In Brazil, which has the highest number of cases of coronavirus infection in Latin America, late-stage trials of a potential new coronavirus vaccine have resumed, after Brazilian health regulators halted the trials due to a “serious adverse event” involving a study participant.
The vaccine, called CoronaVac, was developed by China’s Kexing Biopharmaceutical Company. Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro, a frequent critic of China, has slammed the vaccine.
In Japan, organizers of the 2021 Tokyo Olympics said Thursday that participating athletes will not have to undergo a mandatory 14-day quarantine when they come to the games next year. Toshiro Muto, executive president of the Tokyo Organizing Committee for the Olympic Games, told reporters that the decision to allow foreign spectators to watch the event would be finalized next year, but said it was also possible that the two-week quarantine could be lifted for them.
The Tokyo Summer Olympics were originally planned for July and August this year, but in March, organizers decided to postpone the games by a year due to the neo-coronavirus pandemic.
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