The US just recorded the highest single-day death toll in the world

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• The US recorded 1,321 deaths between Thursday and Friday, statistics site Worldometers reported.
• This is the highest single-day death toll recorded by any country in the world.
• New York, the worst-hit state in the country, also recorded its highest single-day rise in deaths on Friday.
• The record for the world's highest single-day death toll was last held by Spain, which reported 950 COVID-19 deaths on Thursday.
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The US recorded some 1,300 new coronavirus deaths between Thursday and Friday, the highest single-day death toll recorded by any country in the world.

The US recorded 1,321 new deaths on Friday, according to statistics site Worldometers, which took the recording at 12 a.m. GMT+0 Saturday, or 8 EDT Friday.

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