US COVID-19 Deaths Hit Another One-Day High at Over 4,300

US COVID-19 Deaths Hit Another One-Day High at Over 4,300
Registered nurses treat a COVID-19 patient at Providence Holy Cross Medical Center in the Mission Hills section of Los Angeles, Calif., on Dec. 22, 2020. Jae C. Hong/AP Photo
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Coronavirus deaths in the United States hit another one-day high at over 4,300, with the country’s attention focused largely on the fallout from the breaching of the Capitol building on Jan. 6.

The nation’s overall death toll from COVID-19 has eclipsed 380,000, according to Johns Hopkins University, and is closing in fast on the number of Americans killed in World War II, or about 407,000. Confirmed infections have topped 22.8 million.