{"id":101659,"date":"2021-01-07T21:40:27","date_gmt":"2021-01-07T15:40:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/toptrendingnews.co\/california-sees-record-numbers-of-covid-19-deaths\/"},"modified":"2021-01-08T09:23:41","modified_gmt":"2021-01-08T03:23:41","slug":"california-sees-record-numbers-of-covid-19-deaths","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/toptrendingnews.co\/california-sees-record-numbers-of-covid-19-deaths\/","title":{"rendered":"California Sees Record Numbers of COVID-19 Deaths\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"
California on Thursday reported over 1,000 deaths from COVID-19 in a two-day period, and the United States reported a one-day record of 3,865 deaths the day before, according to the Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Resource Center.<\/p>\n
The grim figures came as nearly 6 million Americans have been vaccinated against the disease.<\/p>\n
The United States has recorded more than 364,000 deaths and 21.5 million confirmed cases of the coronavirus since the pandemic began \u2014 the highest rates of any country in the world.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile Thursday, Britain announced mandatory COVID-19 tests for all international arrivals to the country.<\/p>\n
Brazil surpassed 200,000 deaths from COVID-19 on Thursday, making it the country with the second-highest death toll in the world.<\/p>\n
Canada moved Thursday to keep elementary schools in the province of Ontario closed until at least January 25. Ontario officials said the positivity rate among children under 13 was as high as 20%.<\/p>\n