NEW YORK (1010 WINS) -- A pair of statistics released Thursday paint a sobering picture of the state of coronavirus in the U.S.
Statistic # 1: Every 1.2 seconds, an American tests positive for coronavirus.
Statistic # 2: Every 107 seconds, an American dies from coronavirus.
The figures, reported by USA Today, are based on data from Johns Hopkins
The release of these figures comes as the country sets a record this week for new coronavirus cases over a seven-day period with more than 500,000 infections.
Nationally, daily hospitalizations have been rising steadily for more than a month, from 28,608 on Sept. 20 to more than 44,000 on Tuesday.





