By MORGAN WINSOR and ERIN SCHUMAKER, ABC News(NEW YORK) — A pandemic of the novel coronavirus has now infected more than 86.1 million people worldwide and killed over 1.8 million of them, according to real-time data compiled by the Center for Systems Science and Engineering at Johns Hopkins University.Here’s how the news is developing Wednesday. All times Eastern:Jan 06, 7:24 amUS sees record death total Tuesday
The U.S. recorded it’s deadliest day since the start of the pandemic on Tuesday, according to the latest data compiled by Johns Hopkins University.
There were 3,775 deaths reported — the previous record was on Dec. 30 when 3,744 deaths were reported.
It should be noted that the holidays have impacted data being reported and are expected to continue to be skewed over the coming days.
The U.S. now has 375,385 deaths related to COVID-19. Copyright © 2021, ABC Audio. All rights reserved.
