Washington, November 05, 2020, SPA -- The number of new daily coronavirus cases recorded in the United States surpassed 100,000 for the first time, according to a tally by Johns Hopkins University. The data showed 102,831 new Covid-19 infections were recorded Wednesday, up from 91,530 cases the day before, and beating the previous record of 99,321 cases recorded last Friday. The data also showed that 1,097 deaths were recorded Wednesday. --SPA 18:17 LOCAL TIME 15:17 GMT 0010 www.spa.gov.sa/w1442496