WASHINGTON (Reuters)

The Transportation Security Administration said it screened 1.18 million airline passengers on Sunday, the highest number since mid-March but still about 60 per cent lower than the comparable day last year.

The number of passengers screened on the Sunday after Thanksgiving last year was 2.88 million, the highest ever recorded by the agency.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention earlier this month urged Americans not to travel during the Thanksgiving holiday to mitigate the spread of the coronavirus as cases of COVID-19 spike around the United States.