US officials report 3,500 new Covid-19 deaths

Wednesday brought more bad and good news as the US endures the 10th month of the coronavirus pandemic, Report informs referring to CNN.

There was a trio of all-time highs in the data. A record number of new deaths -- more than 3,500 -- was reported Wednesday, and there were more than 240,000 newly reported coronavirus cases. And the number of people in hospitals was at a high for the 11th day in a row.

The daunting numbers come on a day more people were vaccinated, and we learned there is some evidence more doses of the vaccine can be derived from one vial than initially thought.

The Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine is shipped with five doses in each vial. But some pharmacists have found they can get six and possibly even seven doses from each one.

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