THE United States suffered its deadliest day of the coronavirus pandemic on Wednesday – with the highest recorded deaths compared to anywhere in the world.
The worrying data from John Hopkins University was revealed on the same day protesters in support of President Donald Trump wreaked havoc at the Capitol Building in Washington, DC.
On Wednesday alone, the nation reported a 24-hour toll of 3,865 coronavirus deaths.
The frightening number marks the fifth day in three weeks that that more than 3,500 Americans died from the virus.
As of Wednesday, the US has recorded a total of 361,123 deaths since the start of the pandemic.
The number of deaths is the highest recorded across the globe.
Brazil has had at least 198,974 deaths and India has recorded 150,336 deaths.
According to the most recent data, the US has had at least 21,342,187 coronavirus cases.
The total US cases makes up approximately one fourth of the world’s positive Covid cases – which totals 87,434,105, according to John Hopkins’ data.
The Covid Project Tracker revealed 132,476 patients were being treated for coronavirus in hospitals across the country on January 6.
The number of people hospitalized increased by 13,528 since Christmas Day.
According to the CDC’s national ensemble forecast, it is predicted that “12,900 to 24,900 new deaths will likely be reported in the week ending January 30, 2021.”
The forecast revealed its likely that on that same date, 405,000 to 438,000 coronavirus deaths will be reported.
On Sunday, Dr Anthony Fauci appeared on ABC’s This Week to discredit Trump’s claims that the number of coronavirus-related deaths in the US is being exaggerated.
In response to the president’s allegations, the nation’s top infectious disease expert stressed how serious the Covid situation remains.
Fauci said: “The deaths are real deaths. I mean, all you need to do is to go out into the trenches, go to the hospitals, see what the health care workers are dealing with.
“They are under very stressed situations in many areas of the country, the hospital beds are stretched.
“People are running out of beds, running out of trained personnel who are exhaustive right now. That’s real. That’s not fake. That’s real.”
Meanwhile, the National Guard has been activated to help with Covid-19 vaccinations as the country’s daily death toll his its grim new record.
State governors have also been training up more volunteers to administer the vaccines.
On Tuesday more than 3million vaccines were distributed, according to the federal government’s Operation Warp Speed, bring the total number of vaccinations distributed to more than 19million.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, though, some 17million doses had been distributed with more than 4.8million doses actually administered.
As per those figures, that means only around 28 percent of the distributed vaccines have been administered.
