U.S. Reports 213,000 New COVID Infections Amid Deadliest Three-Day Stretch Of Pandemic So Far

FILE - In this Monday, April 13, 2020, file photo, a patient arrives in an ambulance cared for by medical workers wearing personal protective equipment due to COVID-19 coronavirus concerns outside NYU Langone Medical... FILE - In this Monday, April 13, 2020, file photo, a patient arrives in an ambulance cared for by medical workers wearing personal protective equipment due to COVID-19 coronavirus concerns outside NYU Langone Medical Center in New York. America's failure so far to contain the spread of the coronavirus as it moves across the country has been met with astonishment and alarm on both sides of the Atlantic. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File) MORE LESS
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The United States continued to break coronavirus records on Thursday, reporting nearly 213,000 new infections in its single-worst day since the pandemic began — a count that was met by yet another daily tally of more than 2,5000 COVID-19 deaths in the nation’s deadliest three-day stretch since the pandemic began. 

The news comes after the nation topped 200,000 new coronavirus cases in a day for the first time on Wednesday — a report that it will likely continue to exceed as new infections emerge in the wake of the Thanksgiving holiday. Wednesday’s infection record also coincided with the country crossing the crushing threshold of 100,000 COVID-19 patients hospitalized — a number that medical professionals have said is swiftly followed by a surge in COVID-19 deaths, which is all but guaranteed in the coming weeks.

As infections continue to climb amid what health experts have anticipated will be a challenging winter ahead, President-elect Joe Biden said on Thursday that he would prioritize mask-wearing as soon as he in inaugurated in January — a measure that President Donald Trump has largely ignored in spite of guidance from government scientists.

“The first day I’m inaugurated I’m going to ask the public for 100 days to mask,” Biden told CNN’s Jake Tapper in an interview Thursday night.

“Not forever. 100 days. And I think we’ll see a significant reduction, if that occurs with vaccinations and masking, to drive down the numbers considerably,” he added.

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  1. At some point even the deniers are going to know people who died. Maybe then it will seem real to them and they’ll start to treat it seriously.

  2. Nah, for them the dead are just foot soldiers in the battle against the Deep State.

  3. You may have heard the nurse from South Dakota (I believe) speaking about dying patients denying that Covid was real with their last gasping breaths…

  4. I don’t like being a Debbie Downer, but I’ve got to say it even to the folks here.

    The deaths and illnesses being recorded right now really do not reflect the impact of exposure during Thanksgiving and all that travel. The deaths lag behind by well more than just one week. While the illnesses might be starting the upswing now, the increase in hospitalizations due to the holiday and holiday travel are only getting started.

    I wish the general public would listen. Fucking stupid propagandized morons. Our hospitalists are experiencing hell on earth now and it is only going to get worse.

  5. Actions, and inaction, have consequences. Poke a sleeping bear with a stick and you might get mauled and eaten.

    Collectively, as a nation, we asked for all this.

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