بحسب وكالة بلومبرج نيوز, في يناير 3, أبلغت الولايات المتحدة عن أكثر من 1 مليون حالة إصابة مؤكدة جديدة بفيروس كورونا في يوم واحد. أنشأ هذا الرقم رقمًا قياسيًا عالميًا جديدًا لـCOVID-19 ليوم واحد في بلد واحد.وحالات الإصابة الجديدة بـCOVID-19 في يناير 3 were almost twice as many as the new record set in the United States just four days ago (590,000 حالات). The latest statistics released by Johns Hopkins University in the United States show that as of 14:00 on the 4th, توقيت بكين, the cumulative number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the United States exceeded 56 مليون, and the cumulative number of deaths exceeded 820,000. The report pointed out that at present, many Americans rely on their own home-based COVID-19 tests, and these test results are usually not reported to official government agencies. وفقا للتقارير, this means that the currently announced confirmed cases of COVID-19 may be “severely underestimated.”
It is reported that the surge of confirmed cases in the United States may cause the government to consider adjusting epidemic prevention measures. فضلاً عن ذلك, some companies are encouraging employees to return to work from home.