U.S. posts record one-day death toll — before the predicted post-Thanksgiving surge
December 03, 2020 at 10:43 AM EST
The U.S. hit some grim milestones in the coronavirus pandemic in a single day Wednesday, with a record number of fatalities and more than 100,000 COVID-19 patients in hospitals for the first time since the start of the outbreak, as a leading public health official warned of a cold, hard winter to come.
