COVID-19 on Wednesday as the national death toll surpassed 150,000, the highest in the worldThe United States recorded 1,461 new deaths on Wednesday, the highest one-day increase since 1,484 on May 27, according to a Reuters tally.
California, Texas, Florida set new daily records for COVID-19 deaths U.S. coronavirus deaths are rising at their fastest rate in two months and have increased by 10,000 in the past 11 days.Nationally, COVID-19 deaths have risen for three weeks in a row while the number of new cases week-over-week recently fell for the first time since June.A spike in infections in Arizona, California, Florida and Texas this month has overwhelmed hospitals.