US Records One COVID-19 Death Every Minute as Death Toll Surpasses 154,000

One person in the US is dying every minute from COVID-19 as of Wednesday, according to the latest tally by Reuters.

In addition, the US coronavirus death toll has surpassed 154,000 fatalities, the highest in the world, according to Worldometer. According to the Reuters tally, the US recorded 1,456 new deaths on Wednesday, which is the highest one-day total in the nation since May 27. 

California has reported the highest number of COVID-19 cases in the US, with more than 475,000, and there have been a total of 8,715 COVID-19 related deaths in the state so far. In Texas, more than 9,000 new cases were reported on Wednesday. In addition, more than 300 COVID-19-related deaths were reported in the Lone Star State on Wednesday alone.

Even though COVID-19 cases and deaths have increased in Arizona, California, Florida and Texas, the states of New York and New Jersey still have the most total deaths and deaths per capita, according to the Reuters tally. Other states in the middle of the country, including Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky and Tennessee, are now all seeing spikes in the percentage of COVID-19 tests coming back positive.

Dr. Deborah Birx, the White House coronavirus response coordinator, also urged state and local officials in middle America to issue mask mandates during a “Fox & Friends” interview on Thursday.

“We believe if the governors and mayors of every locality right now would mandate masks for their communities and every American would wear a mask, and socially distance, and not congregate in large settings where you can’t socially distance or wear a mask, that we can really get control of this virus and drive down cases, as Arizona has done,” Birx said.

The Reuters tally also shows that the US is sixth in the world in deaths per capita, with 45 fatalities per 100,000 people. The United Kingdom, Spain, Italy, Peru and Chile have suffered more deaths per capita than the US.

Sourse: sputniknews.com