Coronavirus updates: Global cases exceed 48M as US passes 100K single-day count

 

A fall surge of COVID-19 — the one experts warned for months was likely — seems to be in full effect, as the United States reported 100,000 new daily cases for the first time on Thursday.

That staggering number comes less than a week after surpassing more than 9 million confirmed cases, which is more than any other country. 

It also comes two days after Americans went to the polls to elect a president, though the virus wasn't on most voters' minds: only 1 in 6 voters cited the pandemic as most important to their vote.

Cases are on the rise in the U.S. and across the globe, as numerous other countries tighten restrictions and some prepare for more lockdowns. According to an analysis of data from Johns Hopkins University, the last 1,000,000 coronavirus cases confirmed worldwide were reported in less than 36 hours — a rate of 7.8 cases every second. 

 

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