One person in the United States died about every minute from Covid-19 in one day as the national death toll surpassed 150,000 - the highest in the world.
This total is three times that of the UK's coronavirus death toll. The US recorded 1,461 new deaths on Wednesday, the biggest one-day increase since 1,484 on May 27, according to data.
The country'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.