The United States reported more than 1,000 new daily deaths from COVID-19 on Tuesday for the first time in July as the virus continues to spread across the country.
While it doesn’t come close to the maximum of 2,752 set on April 15 during the peak of the pandemic in New York State and the Northeast, the 1,029 deaths reported Tuesday underscore the challenge the pandemic still presents to states.
Nevada, Oregon and Tennessee reported a new record for single-day deaths, according to The New York Times database. The surge in the virus across the country has caused the seven-day average of new daily deaths to rise from 475 in early July to 786 on Monday.
In addition to twice in late June, when New York State and New Jersey reported a large number of deaths from unknown dates, Tuesday was the first time that the United States had exceeded 1,000 deaths in one day since June 9. , according to Times data.
Also Tuesday, nearly 60,000 new cases of COVID-19 were reported, below the seven-day average of 66,432. The record for new daily cases was set last Thursday, when more than 75,000 new cases were documented.
President Trump
Donald John Trump More than a dozen people injured in shootings near Chicago funeral home Players of the Cleveland Indians meet with team leaders to discuss the possible name change Pelosi calls the coronavirus the ‘Trump virus’ MORE He warned Tuesday amid increases in cases in parts of the country that the outbreak in the United States “would worsen before it improved.”
“It will probably unfortunately get worse before it gets better,” Trump told reporters as he read the prepared comments at the White House in his first coronavirus-focused briefing in nearly three months.
“Something I don’t like to say about things, but that’s the way it is.”
The president urged Americans to wear face masks, practice social distancing, and wash their hands, while urging young people to avoid bars to help stop the spread of the disease.
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