More people flew in the U.S.over the weekend of Oct. 16-18 than at any other point in the COVID-19 pandemic, the Transportation Security Administration said Monday.

The TSA crossed a long-awaited threshold Sunday, screening 1 million passengers at airport checkpointsfor the first time since March 17, spokesperson Lisa Farbstein said in a release.

That wasn't the only new record: TSA also screened 6.1 million passengers at checkpoints nationwide during the week (Monday, Oct. 12, through Sunday, Oct. 18), its highest weekly number since the start of the pandemic.

"Although passenger volumes remain well below pre-pandemic levels, the one million single-day passenger volume is a noteworthy development that follows significant TSA checkpoint modifications in response to the COVID-19 outbreak," Farbstein said, referencing precautions such as plexiglass barriers and having passengers screen their own travel documents.

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