Trump Is Silent on Record Virus Deaths as He Fumes Over Loss
- Record 2,836 people died from coronavirus on Wednesday
- President focused on unfounded election fraud claims
Donald Trump in the Oval Office on Dec. 3.
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President Donald Trump is keeping largely silent about a surge in U.S. coronavirus infections, hospitalizations and deaths over the past week, instead focusing on unfounded claims that his November loss to Joe Biden was fraudulent.
A record 2,836 Americans died from the virus on Wednesday, data compiled by Bloomberg show, and the 205,000 new cases recorded in the U.S. nearly matched the record set five days earlier. Current hospitalizations from the virus topped 100,000 for the first time.