With this daily balance, the USA raised the number of deaths to 187,696 and that of confirmed cases to 6,198,996.
Although New York is no longer the state with the highest number of infections, it remains the one with the most deaths, surpassing France or Spain.
The University of Washington Institute of Health Metrics and Assessments estimated that, by the time of the presidential elections scheduled for November 3, the United States will have exceeded 255,000 deaths, with the number rising to 310,000 on December 1.
The covid-19 pandemic has already claimed at least 869,718 deaths and infected more than 26.3 million people in 196 countries and territories, according to a report by the French agency AFP.
The disease is transmitted by a new coronavirus detected in late December in Wuhan, a city in central China.
After Europe succeeded China as the center of the pandemic in February, the American continent is now the one with the most confirmed cases and the most deaths.
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