According to the COVID Tracking Project, the United States on Thursday had its second deadliest day due to the coronavirus–falling just short of the record high set the day before–as it registered 3,438. The high set on Wednesday: 3,448.
Three weeks after the Thanksgiving holiday, the US set two new records: for new confirmed coronavirus cases reported with 241,620 new cases, and for hospitalized patients with 114,237.
Worldometers reports that five states–Texas, California, Pennsylvania, Michigan and Illinois–has more than 200 fatalities Thursday, with another five exceeding 100.