European countries such as France, Germany and Belgium began imposing a second lockdown amid surging caseloads. The U.S. reported 99,321 new Covid-19 cases on Friday -- the highest single day number of cases recorded for any country. The top five records in daily cases all occurred within eight days, and an expert says he worries the upward trend will push hospitals past capacity. Friday's number surpassed the previous daily record held by India, which reported 97,894 coronavirus cases in a single day on September 17, according to India's health ministry. The total number of U.S. COVID-19 cases has reached at least 9,079,125, according to Johns Hopkins University.

Source: Daily Sun October 31, 2020 22:07 UTC