{"id":277687,"date":"2020-12-04T08:26:24","date_gmt":"2020-12-04T13:26:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=277687"},"modified":"2020-12-04T08:26:24","modified_gmt":"2020-12-04T13:26:24","slug":"us-coronavirus-cases-hit-14-m-johns-hopkins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2020\/12\/04\/us-coronavirus-cases-hit-14-m-johns-hopkins\/","title":{"rendered":"US coronavirus cases hit 14-M: Johns Hopkins"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_256466\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-256466\" style=\"width: 1920px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/martin-sanchez-poT_0HlM7nk-unsplash.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-256466\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/martin-sanchez-poT_0HlM7nk-unsplash.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/martin-sanchez-poT_0HlM7nk-unsplash.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/martin-sanchez-poT_0HlM7nk-unsplash-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/martin-sanchez-poT_0HlM7nk-unsplash-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/martin-sanchez-poT_0HlM7nk-unsplash-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-256466\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The US is experiencing record levels of Covid-19 cases, fueled in large part by holiday gatherings and other social interactions as Americans move indoors during the colder winter months. (File photo: Martin Sanchez\/Unsplash)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>WASHINGTON<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 The US surpassed 14 million coronavirus cases Thursday, according to Johns Hopkins University.<\/p>\n<p>The Maryland-based school registered 14,012,378 cases and 274,648 deaths, days after the nation left the Thanksgiving holiday behind. Some 5.3 million patients have recovered from the virus.<\/p>\n<p>The US is experiencing record levels of Covid-19 cases, fueled in large part by holiday gatherings and other social interactions as Americans move indoors during the colder winter months.<\/p>\n<p>Three states reported more than 1 million infections: California, Texas, and Florida.<\/p>\n<p>The country&#8217;s first Covid-19 case was reported on Jan. 20 in Washington state.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Cases are rising, hospitalizations are increasing, deaths are increasing. We need to try to bend the curve, stop this exponential increase,&#8221; Dr. Henry Walke, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)&#8217;s Covid-19 incident manager, said during a briefing, according to NBC News.<\/p>\n<p>Two vaccine candidates recently applied to the US Food and Drug Administration for emergency use authorization.<\/p>\n<p>US biotech firm Moderna plans to make 20 million doses available by the end of the year, and it wants to manufacture 500 million to 1 billion doses globally in 2021.<\/p>\n<p>The Donald Trump administration ordered 100 million doses from American pharmaceutical firm Pfizer and its German partner, BioNTech, as part of its Operation Warp Speed to get the Covid-19 vaccine to Americans.<em><strong>\u00a0(Anadolu)<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WASHINGTON\u00a0\u2013 The US surpassed 14 million coronavirus cases Thursday, according to Johns Hopkins University. 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