U.S. sets record for COVID deaths and California confirms second case of highly infectious new strain
December 31, 2020 at 10:53 AM EST
The U.S. set fresh records for one-day fatalities from the coronavirus-borne illness COVID-19 and number of patients hospitalized, as California became the second state after Colorado to find a case of the new COVID-19 variant that is racing across the U.K.
