The U.S. is repeatedly breaking coronavirus records, and experts predict cases will surge after the Thanksgiving holiday .

To date, more than 14.9 million Americans have contracted the coronavirus, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University . More than 1.54 million people worldwide, including more than 283,000 in the U.S., have died.

The virus continues to disrupt daily life around the globe, with more than 67.5 million people confirmed to have contracted COVID-19 since Chinese officials imposed the first coronavirus lockdown in the city of Wuhan in January.

But pharmaceutical companies Pfizer, Moderna and AstraZeneca have seen promising results from vaccine trials, which some experts including Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases have called good news.

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