Coronavirus live news: countries scramble to secure vaccine doses as US sees record hospitalisations

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12.19am GMT

The Unites States has confirmed more than 100,000 cases per day – a 24 hour total not seen by any other country – every day for the last week, according to Johns Hopkins University figures.

A tenth of the country’s 10m case total were added since the start of November, alone.

12.15am GMT

The Covid-Tracking project reports that the US on Tuesday saw its highest number of people hospitalises with coronavirus of the pandemic so far – a day after braking the record on Monday.

The number of hospitalisations currently stands at 61,964.

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