The United States on Wednesday recorded its highest Covid-19 death toll for the month of August
, with states reporting a total of 1,485 deaths, the highest number of daily deaths reported since mid-May.
Wednesday’s spike was primarily driven by states in the south and the west with Texas reporting more than 300 deaths, Florida more than 200 deaths and Arizona, California and Georgia all reporting in excess of 100 deaths each. The United States reported 55,742 new cases on Wednesday, a significant decline from the 75,000 plus figures being reported in mid-July, but the decline in cases comes with a caveat that daily testing across the country has also declined.
Wednesday’s toll, however, was still significantly lower than the peak witnessed between mid to late April with the U.S. recording more than 2000 deaths a day.211,500. That is the number of excess deaths reported in the United States since the pandemic began in March, according to aThis number is 60,000 more than what the official figures have directly linked to Covid-19, likely suggesting a significant undercount in coronavirus deaths.The U.S.
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