US President Donald Trump. 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. 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. The Texas figure includes a backlog of hundreds of deaths after the state changed the way it counted Covid-19 fatalities. Of the 20 countries with the biggest outbreaks, the United States ranks sixth for deaths per capita, at 45 fatalities per 100,000 people.

Source: Standard Digital July 30, 2020 05:01 UTC