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Infectious disease expert Dr Anthony Fauci, who on Thursday admitted that he had increased his earlier estimates.

傳染病專家Anthony Fauci博士，週四承認他增加了之前的估計。

Vouches revised figure came in a New York Times interview on Thursday, his 80th birthday.

Vouches修改後的數字是在週四他的80歲生日時接受《紐約時報》採訪時出現的。

Meanwhile, the country continues to mark grim new milestones, with more than 3000 coronavirus deaths reported for the second consecutive day, according to Reuters data.

同時，根據路透社的數據，該國繼續迎來嚴峻的新里程碑，連續兩天報告的冠狀病毒死亡人數超過3000人。

The nationwide death toll was over 326,000 by midnight on Wednesday, the same day that saw more Americans fly than on any other day since the pandemic emerged in March.

截至週三午夜，全美死亡人數超過32.6萬人，同一天，自3月疫情出現以來，乘坐飛機的美國人比其他任何一天都多。

Over 1.1 million passengers passed through airport checkpoints two days before Christmas, according to the US Transportation Security Administration.

根據美國運輸安全管理局的數據，聖誕節前兩天有超過110萬名乘客通過機場檢查站。

Wednesday's airport traffic exceeded the prior high set during the pandemic on November 29th, the Sunday after Thanksgiving, meaning many Americans disregarded the advice of public health experts who warned against holiday gatherings.

週三的機場交通量超過了11月29日，也就是感恩節後的週日，在大流行期間創下的最高紀錄，這意味著許多美國人無視公共衛生專家警告不要參加節日聚會的建議。

Top health officials believe that those who traveled and gathered indoors for Thanksgiving contributed to the latest explosion in cases.

高級衛生官員認為，那些為感恩節而旅行和聚集在室內的人促成了最新的病例爆炸。