At least 150,000 people in the U.S. have died from the virus, according to our database, with about 1,000 deaths per day in the past week.

Wednesday, July 29, 2020 11:30 AM EST

During the early peak of the U.S. epidemic in late April, the national death toll was driven by a surge in New York State, which at the worst was reporting about 1,000 deaths a day, roughly half the national total at that time. These days, the toll is being felt much more widely across many states, especially in the South.

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