A sudden rise in two key metrics that measure the pandemic's severity was reported in the United States on Tuesday.
With 3,756 additional fatalities reporting in the last 24 hours, the total U.S. death toll from the deadly disease rose to 357,377, as per latest data from the Johns Hopkins University.
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