More than 84,000 people were diagnosed with Covad, 19 across the country Friday, according to a Reuters tally.

根據路透社的統計，週五全國有超過8.4萬人被診斷出患有Covad，19人。

That's a surge from the over 76,000 new cases reported on Thursday, and it surpasses the previous record of 77,299 new cases in mid July.

這與週四報告的超過7.6萬個新病例相比，是一個激增的數字，它超過了7月中旬77299個新病例的先前記錄。

16 states also hit one day records Friday that includes five battleground states considered key in the presidential election.

週五有16個州也創下單日紀錄，其中包括5個被認為是總統大選關鍵的戰場州。

Ohio, Michigan, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.

俄亥俄州、密歇根州、北卡羅來納州、賓夕法尼亞州和威斯康星州。

The spike comes less than two weeks before the election.

飆升是在大選前不到兩週的時候。

Health experts have not pinpointed the reason for the rise, but they have cited factors such as colder temperatures driving people inside, fatigue with co vid 19 precautions and students returning to schools and colleges.

健康專家還沒有確定上升的原因，但他們已經引用了寒冷的溫度驅動人們在裡面，疲勞與co vid 19預防措施和學生返回學校和學院等因素。

The US tops the world in cases and fatalities with 8.5 million cases and 224,000 lives loss and it could get a lot worse.

美國的病例和死亡人數居世界之首，有850萬病例和22.4萬生命損失，而且情況可能會變得更糟。