The US has seen more than 52,000 new Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours, a tally by Johns Hopkins University showed, a new one-day record as infections surge around the country.
The Baltimore-based university's tracker showed 52,898 more, bringing the total number of cases since the pandemic reached the US to 2,682,270.
The university also recorded a further 706 fatalities, bringing the total death toll to 128,028. New daily case numbers have hovered around 40,000 in recent days, with Johns Hopkins recording 42,528 new infections one day earlier.
Meanwhile, Brazil topped 60,000 deaths from the coronavirus after recording more than 1,000 fatalities over the last 24 hours, the health ministry said.