Covid-19 infections in the US hit more than 82,000 daily cases on Friday, the highest daily tally in the nation since the pandemic began.
The grim news followed Donald Trump’s declaration Thursday at the debate with Democratic rival Joe Biden that America is “learning to live” with Covid-19 and that it’s “going away.”
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