U.S. sees highest COVID-19 death toll as CDC warns Americans to cancel Christmas travel plans

전 세계 코로나19 누적 사망자 150만명 넘어... 미국 하루 코로나 사망 최고치Our top story this morning, the global death toll due to COVID-19 surpassed the 1.5 million mark on Thursday.The U.S. was the worst hit, with the country reaching a record number deaths over the past 24 hours.Italy and the U.K is also seeing a spike in the number of deaths.Our Lee Seung-jae has a wrap up.Over 1-point-5 million deaths have been reported across the globe.Amongst the countries,... the U.S. has seen the most infections and deaths.Over the past 24 hours,... 2-thousand-804 Americans have died from COVID-19.That amounts to 117 people every hour over the past day,... and it's the highest daily figure since the outbreak began in the U.S.While some figures show the U.S. has seen 281-thousand deaths total,... the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says the real total could be as high as 345,000.As the country is seeing a massive surge following the Thanksgiving holiday,... over 100-thousand patients are now being treated for the virus.Of the patients hospitalized,... more than 19-thousand are in ICUs,... with nearly 7-thousand on ventilators.The CDC, which had previously issued warnings against Thanksgiving gatherings,... is now urging Americans not to travel during Christmas to prevent further surges.Across the Atlantic,... the U.K.'s death toll surpassed 60-thousand on Thursday.The U.K. has the fifth highest COVID-19 death toll globally,... and the highest in Europe,... ahead of Italy and France.With 414 deaths reported in the past 24 hours,... the number of deaths over the past week stood at over 3-thousand,... down 5-percent on-week.On the same day,... Italy reported a record 993 COVID-19 deaths,... up from 684 the previous day.The previous record on a single day was 919 in March,... at the peak of the first wave.Italy was the first western nation to be hit by the virus back in February,... and has since seen over 58-thousand deaths.Lee Seung-jae, Arirang News.