Covid disease has become the leading cause of death in the United States, surpassing heart disease.
Covid is said to kill an American every 30 seconds.
For the fourth day in a row, more than 200,000 new Covid infections have been identified in the United States.
The new death toll was 2,251.
In the first five days of December, more than a million new infections were identified in the country.
Hospitals across the country are under severe pressure due to the current situation, foreign media reports say.
