(WETM) – Another record breaking day for COVID cases in the United States.
According to an NBC news tally the country reported 278,920 new Covid-19 cases on Saturday.
That marks a new single-day record.
Saturday’s numbers beat out the previous record set on Friday of 269,420 Covid cases.
Data also shows on Saturday that there were 3,603 COVID-related deaths, but that did not beat the previous record of 4,110 set on Thursday.
On Friday, the united states surpassed 22 million cases since the pandemic began.