In the United States, almost 2 thousand people infected with coronavirus died per day
The number of deaths among those infected with COVID-19 exceeded 1.9 thousand per day in the United States, TASS reports, citing data from Johns Hopkins University.
On November 19, 1,964 patients with coronavirus died in the United States. This is the highest rate since the start of the pandemic. 1,707 deaths were recorded on November 17.
The daily increase in cases of coronavirus infection amounted to 182 601. This is also the highest figure since March this year. Today, more than 11.71 million cases of infection have been registered in the United States, 252,514 people have died.
Earlier in the United States, the first execution of a convict in 70 years was postponed due to the coronavirus. The fact is that the lawyers of the convict did not have time to prepare a petition for her pardon, as they fell ill with coronavirus. In this regard, the execution of the death sentence cannot take place until the end of 2020.