U.S. COVID-19 cases hit new 1-day record of about 120,000

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The U.S. diagnosed another record number of COVID-19 cases on Thursday — 121,000, according to counts by The New York Times and Johns Hopkins University, just over 116,000 according to the COVID Tracking Project and The Washington Post. The U.S. registered more than 1,000 COVID-19 deaths for the a third day a day. And the total U.S. deaths are 234,937, out of 9.6 million infections, according to Johns Hopkins.

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Peter has worked as a news and culture writer and editor at The Week since the site's launch in 2008. He covers politics, world affairs, religion and cultural currents. His journalism career began as a copy editor at a financial newswire and has included editorial positions at The New York Times Magazine, Facts on File, and Oregon State University.