evidence: There were 144,305 newly reported COVID-19 cases in the United States on Wednesday, according to an NBC News tally, beating the previous record of 133,819 cases reported on Monday. Wednesday was the eighth day in a row with over 100,000 cases reported. There were 1,528 deaths reported Wednesday. [...] Newly confirmed infections in the U.S. are running at all-time highs of well over 100,000 per day, pushing the total to more than 10 million.