(Reuters) – A user in the United States died every minute of COVID-19 on Wednesday, as the national death toll exceeded 150,000, the highest in the world.
Coronavirus deaths in the United States are expanding at their fastest rate in two months and have increased to 10,000 in subsequent days. (Chart: here)
Nationally, COVID-19 deaths increased for 3 consecutive weeks, while the number of new cases from week to week recently declined for the first time since June.
An increase in infections in Arizona, California, Florida and Texas this month has hit hospitals. Accumulation has forced states to backtrack on the reopening of economies that were constrained through lockouts in March and April to stem the spread of the virus.
Texas leads the country with nearly 4,300 deaths, so this month, followed by Florida with 2900 and California, the most populous state, with 2,700. The Texas figure includes a lot of deaths after the state replaced the way it counted coVID-19 deaths.
While deaths increased in July in those three states, New York and New Jersey still lead the country in terms of lives lost and deaths consistent with the capita, according to a Reuters count.
Of the 20 countries with the largest epidemics, the United States ranks sixth in terms of per capita deaths, with forty-five deaths corresponding to 100,000 inhabitants. It is surpassed by the United Kingdom, Spain, Italy, Peru and Chile.
Reporting through Lisa Shumaker; Editing through Aurora Ellis and Cynthia Osterman
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