3 million cases of COVID-19 reported in the United States in November

A record 3 million new cases of coronavirus were already reported in the United States in November – but millions of Americans have still defied health warnings against air travel to take flights this weekend.

Even though there is still a week to go, November has already seen more new cases than any other month – the 3 million new cases counted equivalent to about a quarter of the nearly 12.25 million cases so far in the United States. United, CNN noted.

At least a million of them were last week, according to the Covid Tracking Project – which noted that weekly cases had more than doubled since the start of the month.

As of Sunday, a record 83,782 Americans were in hospitals due to the pandemic, the project said – erasing the previous record of 59,924 hospitalizations nationwide in April.

In 44 states, the percentage of positive tests is above the recommended 5% threshold, CNN noted.

But even as cases skyrocket across the country, millions of people are defying air travel warnings for the holidays and taking to the skies to see loved ones in time for Thanksgiving, data shows.

More than 3 million people passed through TSA checkpoints from Friday to Sunday, according to agency data – with 1,047,934 in Sunday alone.

Health experts and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have repeatedly warned Americans to stay home for the holidays.

“The tragedy that could happen is that one of your family members, by getting together in this family reunion, could end up hospitalized and seriously ill and die,” said Dr. Henry Walke, COVID- incident manager. 19 of the CDC.

On Sunday, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio stressed during a church service that he was making this first Thanksgiving that he would not see all of his loved ones.

“I love them so much that I want to make sure we get together next year. That they will be on this earth next year… we will all stay alive together, ”he said. “We have the power to protect each other.”