US reports highest single-day Covid-19 death toll since May - 190,000 deaths expected by end-August | BISouthAfrica
An American flag sits on top of a casket for a veteran who died of COVID-19 before his funeral at Ray Williams Funeral Home on August 12, 2020 in Tampa, Florida.
Nearly 1,500 new deaths from Covid-19 were reported on Wednesday in the United States, the highest single-day tally since mid-May,The news comes just 48 hours after US President Donald Trump insisted that"the recent rise in cases has not been accompanied by a significant increase in deaths." Over 165,900 people now died in the United States from COVID-19, according to Johns Hopkins University.
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention predicts that as many as 190,000 Americans could be dead by the end of August.
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