New Record, Daily Death Rate From COVID-19 In The US Reaches 4,800

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JAKARTA - The United States has set a new record for daily mortality from COVID-19 in a day, as well as the second time since the pandemic began, which recorded daily deaths of more than 4,000 deaths.

Launching 10news Wednesday, January 13, referring to data from John Hopkins University (JHU), the daily death toll on Tuesday, January 12 reached 4,800 deaths. This is a new record in the United States.

In the past 10 months, the death toll from COVID-19 in the United States has reached 380,000. This is inseparable from the increase in daily death cases in the last two months, from all 1,000 cases of daily death then rising to 3,000 cases of death per day.

Launching the New York Times, renowned infectious disease expert Anthony S. Fauci said, the daily death rate due to COVID-19 in the United States will continue to increase over the coming weeks.

He said this was caused by travel and meetings during the holidays since the end of last year. The increase in the death rate has been predicted, in which January will be a tough month.

"It is still possible to hinder this acceleration by strictly following public health measures, such as implementing social distancing and wearing masks," he said.

He also asked people to refrain from common health, and be patient with obstacles and delays that slow down vaccination efforts. On the other hand, he also understands that this condition triggers widespread frustration in the community.