Record cases for second consecutive day

The United States on Saturday recorded a record number of COVID-19 contamination cases for the second day in a row, according to continuously updated data from Johns Hopkins University. 

The country counted 88,973 new cases of infection between 8:30 p.m. Friday and 8:30 p.m. Saturday, well above the 79,963 cases recorded the day before.

A total of 8,568,625 cases have been reported in the United States with 224,751 deaths, the highest toll in the world.

Currently, the most difficult situation is in the North and Midwest, with 35 of the 50 states seeing an increase in the number of cases.

The 24-hour death toll has generally remained stable since early fall, with numbers ranging from 700 to 800 dead. Saturday nevertheless, 906 deaths were deplored.

Former US President Barack Obama on Saturday accused his successor Donald Trump of having "completely screwed up" in his management of Covid-19, during a meeting in support of Democratic candidate Joe Biden in Miami, Florida. "Eight months after the start of this pandemic, the new cases are still breaking records," he said.

But Donald Trump has displayed unfailing optimism despite his delay in the polls ten days before the election.