Deadly coronavirus could have been in the US as early as December 2019, according to a new government study. Also read | United States Covid-19 hospitalisations top 100,000, hospitals stretched beyond limit As per the research by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the American Red Cross, the coronavirus was present in the country weeks earlier than scientists and health officials had previously thought and had been infecting people in the US even before China reported its first cases on December 31, 2019.

Coronavirus could have broken out in US before being officially confirmed in China

According to COVID tracking project in the US, the death toll in the country continues to rise by the "Thanksgiving holiday and weekend". Watch: The data shows hospitalizations in the US are at the record-high level of 96,039.

100k hospitalizations in next couple of days: US data on coronavirus

Americans marked a muted Thanksgiving Day holiday on Thursday, sometimes seeing family only by video after political leaders discouraged travel or large gatherings in the face of the surging coronavirus pandemic.

'Kind of lonely': America marks COVID-altered Thanksgiving