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Collected Item: “United States Shatters Single-Day Death Toll”

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United States Shatters Single-Day Death Toll

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On December 9, 2020, the United States broke a single-day death record with over 3,000 deaths in 24 hours. These deaths come as a result as the huge surge in cases the United States is seeing as winter sets in.

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#HSE, #BreakingRecords, #CovidDeaths

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https://www.msnbc.com/morning-joe/watch/u-s-records-highest-number-of-virus-deaths-and-new-cases-97463877865?cid=sm_npd_ms_tw_ma

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MSNBC

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2020-12-09
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