Infections across the country hit a record high of 144,133 cases on Wednesday. New cases have continued to soar to all-time highs of more than 120,000 per day over the past week
The US death toll spiked to 1,893 on Wednesday, which is the highest number of fatalities since May 8 during the initial peak of the outbreak. The average number of deaths, which are a lagging indicator and can potentially rise weeks after infections, are still down from the peak 2,000 fatalities recorded per day in the spring
* The US COVID-19 death toll spiked to 1,893 on Wednesday, which is the highest number of fatalities since May 8 during the initial peak of the outbreak
* New infections across the country hit a record high of 144,133 cases and hospitalizations spiked to a single-day high of more 65,000 patients
* While new cases and hospitalizations have been surging since October, the number of Americans dying per day has not been rising at the same rates
* It puts the seven-day rolling average of fatalities back over 1,000 per day - a figure not seen since August. The average death toll had hit lows of 600 last month before gradually increasing
* Deaths, which are a lagging indicator and can potentially rise weeks after infections, are still down from the peak 2,000 fatalities recorded per day in the spring
* Cases per day are currently on the rise in 49 states and deaths per day are climbing in 39
* Midwestern states, including North Dakota, South Dakota and Wisconsin, are currently seeing a surge in fatalities - weeks after cases and hospitalizations started to spike in those regions
* The increases came as Joe Biden's new COVID advisor, Dr Michael Osterholm, said the US should go into a total national lockdown for six weeks to avoid 'virus hell'
* Despite Osterholm's calls for a national lockdown, the latest Gallup polling shows that less than half of Americans say they will likely comply
* Dr Anthony Fauci, however, has insisted a lockdown doesn't need to happen if Americans keep wearing masks and washing their hands
The United States has just recorded the highest number of daily COVID-19 deaths in six months - as infections and hospitalizations continue to spike to record highs across the country.
The death toll spiked to 1,893 on Wednesday, which is the highest number of fatalities since May 8 during the initial peak of the outbreak.
It puts the seven-day rolling average of fatalities back over 1,000 per day - a figure not seen since August.
The average death toll had hit lows of 600 last month before gradually increasing.
Meanwhile, infections across the country hit a record high for the second consecutive day with 144,133 cases on Wednesday.
New cases have continued to soar to all-time highs of more than 120,000 per day over the past week.
The number of hospitalizations across the US also continues to spike to single-day highs with more than 65,000 patients currently being treated.
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WNU Editor: The more this continues, the more it becomes lightly that once Joe Biden is in the White House, there will be a national mandated lock-down.
