Tuesday, 05 January 2021_More than 18,400 Americans died from COVID-19 in the week ended Jan. 3, bringing the pandemic's total to over 351,000 deaths in the US.
This has been the deadliest week so far in the United States as December was also the US deadliest month of the pandemic with nearly 78,000 deaths.
US health officials warned that even more people will likely die in January despite the rollout of the COIVD vaccines.
The United States reported nearly 1.5 million new infections last week, up 16.5% from the previous seven days. More than 20 million Americans have been infected since the start of the pandemic.
Despite pleas to avoid traveling for the holidays, US airports screened 1.3 million people on Sunday, the highest since mid-March.
More than 126,000 COVID-19 patients are currently in US hospitals, up 25% from one month ago.
The states of Arizona, Tennessee and South Carolina reported the most new cases per capita last week. In terms of deaths per capita, Kansas, Wyoming and New Mexico were the hardest hit last week.
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