Hundreds of thousands of American families will spend their Christmas in fear as friends and family members have become infected with the coronavirus. Thousands more will mourn the deaths of loved ones this holiday season.
The United States recorded more than 220,000 new confirmed cases of the coronavirus and an additional 3,379 fatalities on Wednesday according to the COVID Tracking Project. The daily death toll is the third-highest since the pandemic began.
Worldometers reports California’s outbreak continues uncontrolled, with more than 44,000 new cases and 350 fatalities. Texas and Pennsylvania had more than 200 fatalities; eight other states had more than 100 deaths.