A medic in Austin, Texas, loads a patient with Covid-19 symptoms into an ambulance. Texas now leads the US in Covid-19 cases. | John Moore/Getty Images

100,000 new Covid-19 cases in a single day: We should have seen this coming.

The United States has passed another stunning benchmark in the Covid-19 pandemic: more than 100,000 new cases in a single day.

This new record — an increase of 7 percent compared to seven days ago — comes after last Friday’s record-breaking case count of 98,000. And the worst is almost certainly still to come. This is not the peak. We’re in the midst of a climb. Next week, another record may be broken.

Our daily update is published. States reported 1.2 million tests and 103k cases – the highest daily case count to date. 52k people are currently hospitalized with COVID-19