COVID Records All Around; Cases, Hospitalizations, Deaths Set New Marks In U.S.

HOUSTON, TX - DECEMBER 2: (EDITORIAL USE ONLY) Medical staff members check on a patient who is on a rotating medical bed in the COVID-19 intensive care unit (ICU) at the United Memorial Medical Center on December 2, 2020 in Houston, Texas. According to reports, Texas has reached over 1,280,000 cases, including over 22,200 deaths. (Photo by Go Nakamura/Getty Images)

In one day the United States set three new records with COVID-19.

More than 200,000 new coronavirus cases were reported on Wednesday while more than 100,000 Americans were hospitalized with the virus. Both those numbers are records. Also, the U.S. reported the highest number of new daily COVID deaths since the pandemic began with more than 2600 reported today.

2,501 died on D-Day.

2,733 have died TODAY of COVID-19.

2,977 died on 9/11.

3,660 died at Antietam, the bloodiest day in American history.

Wear a mask. Stay away. Stay put. If you can’t do it for you, do it for all of the medical professionals who are trying to save us. ?? https://t.co/nOwN6qSwsk
— Lisa Quigley (@LisaQuigleyTN) December 3, 2020

And we are still days away from the predicted surge that accompanied the Thanksgiving weekend.

Dr. Robert Redfield, the head of the CDC said today that winter will be “the most difficult time in the public health history of this nation” unless more people follow precautions.