The lowest daily number of coronavirus cases and deaths in recent weeks was reported in the United States on Thursday. This excludes low figures due to reporting delays at weekends.
With 63,245 new cases reported on Thursday, the total number of Covid infections in the country rose to 46,855,488, as per the latest data from Johns Hopkins University. This is less than one fourth of this year's peak of 285,058 cases reported on September 13.
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