The US set another single-day record for new coronavirus cases

• The US surpassed 75,000 daily coronavirus cases on Thursday, according to a New York Times database.
• According to Johns Hopkins University's data, the number of new cases over a 24-hour period was 68,428, but still a record, by their count.
• Several states saw record coronavirus deaths this week. 
• The US leads the world with the number of coronavirus infections with over 3.5 million recorded cases. 
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The United States surpassed it's single day new coronavirus cases record on Thursday with more than 75,000 according to a New York Times database. According to Johns Hopkins University's data, the number of new cases over a 24-hour period was 68,428 — which is also a record by their count.

According to The Times, some numbers have yet to be announced. Less than a month ago on June 24, the record was 37,014 cases but that number has since almost doubled and the record has been broken 11 times in the past month. 

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