More than a million COVID-19 cases were recorded in the U.S. on Monday, setting a new global daily record.
The highly mutated and contagious Omicron variant has driven the country to record the most cases in a day of any country since the pandemic began.
The U.S. recorded 1,003,043 new cases of the virus on Monday, according to a tally by The New York Times.
According to Bloomberg, the highest daily case count outside the U.S. came during a surge in Delta cases in India, which saw more than 414,000 people diagnosed on May 7 last year.
Monday’s milestone figure is almost double the previous record of about 590,000, which was set just four days ago in the U.S. That also beat a previous record set the day before.
This is a breaking news story and will be updated.
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More than a million COVID-19 cases were recorded in the U.S. on Monday, setting a new global daily record.The highly mutated and contagious Omicron variant has driven the country to record the most cases in a day of any country since the pandemic began.The U.S. recorded 1,003,043 new cases of the virus on Monday, according to a tally by The New York Times.According to Bloomberg, the highest daily case count outside the U.S. came during a surge in Delta cases in India, which saw more than 414,000 people diagnosed on May 7 last year.Monday’s milestone figure is almost double the previous record of about 590,000, which was set just four days ago in the U.S. That also beat a previous record set the day before.This is a breaking news story and will be updated. People line up at a Covid-19 testing tent at the corner of Third St and Fairfax Blvd, in Los Angeles, California, January 3, 2022. Valerie Macon/AFP via Getty Images