Public health authorities have issued warnings that mass gatherings to celebrate the presidential election being called in favor of Democrat Joe Biden could be 'high risk' events for the spread of coronavirus.
On Saturday afternoon, thousands crushed together in the streets of New York, Washington DC, Los Angeles and elsewhere, celebrating Biden's projected win of the presidency.
In New York, Senator Chuck Schumer, the Democratic majority leader who has scolded President Donald Trump for holding rallies during the pandemic, was spotted cheering in the street, a mask dangling uselessly from his right ear.
U.S. coronavirus infections surged by at least
129,606 on Friday,
the third consecutive daily rise of more than 100,000 cases as a third wave of COVID-19 sweeps the United States.
The spike marks the FOURTH time that more than
100,000 cases of the new coronavirus have been reported in the world's worst-hit country, which is reporting about
95,000 daily cases on a seven-day average.
U.S. hospitalizations for COVID-19 rose for a 12th consecutive day, exceeding
54,500.
Texas, which accounts for over 10% of U.S. cases, reported about
9,000 infections and is on the verge of becoming the first state to exceed a cumulative
1,000,000 COVID-19 cases.
Governor Greg Abbott said the U.S policy. Department of Defense has deployed three U.S. Air Force Medical Specialty Teams to El Paso.
COVID-19 deaths are trending higher but more slowly than infections. The United States is averaging
880 deaths a day, up about 10% in a week.