"By this time next week, we are going to be talking about 3,000 deaths a day -- that's 9/11 every single day," Dr. Jonathan Reiner, a cardiologist and professor of medicine at George Washington University, told CNN on Wednesday.
The death count reported Wednesday was 2,804, surpassing the previous one-day high of 2,603 set on April 15, according to Johns Hopkins University data.
Earlier, JHU's total for Wednesday was higher -- but that count was corrected Thursday morning because of an error found in one state's tally.
Daily coronavirus cases and hospitalizations also have been soaring -- prompting hospital and other officials to warn they're running out off staff and capacity to adequately care for patients.
States and communities across the US are racing to adjust to the skyrocketing number of coronavirus hospitalizations.
Moderna's coronavirus vaccine candidate can elicit an immune response that lasts at least 119 days, researchers reported Thursday.
The total was lowered to 2,804 on Thursday morning after JHU discovered an error with one state's count for Wednesday. »
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