more COVID-19 deaths on Wednesday alone than the total number of virus-related deaths reported in more than 100 countries since the pandemic began.A record 3,157 deaths were reported Dec.
3 in the U.S., according to a tally kept by Johns Hopkins University. That number is far higher than the record previously set on April 15, when the New York metropolitan area was the epicenter of the U.S.
outbreak.The U.S., which is the third-most populated country in the world behind China and India, reported more COVID-19 deaths in a single day than the total death toll in Japan (2,141) since the pandemic began — the 11th most populated country in the world.That fact also holds true for dozens of other nations across the globe, which rank among the top.