Spotlight: U.S. hits record-high COVID-19 daily cases, hospitalizations as caseload tops 14 mln

People wearing face masks tour the National Mall near the White House in Washington, D.C., the United States, on Dec. 3, 2020. The number of COVID-19 cases in the United States surpassed 14 million on Thursday, according to the Center for Systems Science and Engineering at Johns Hopkins University. (Xinhua/Liu Jie)