Daily COVID-19 deaths spike by nearly 1,900 for first time since May - as infections hit record high of 144k and hospitalizations surge
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The US COVID-19 death toll spiked to 1,893 on Wednesday, which is the highest number of fatalities since May 8 during the initial peak of the outbreak
New infections across the country hit a record high of 144,133 cases and hospitalizations spiked to a single-day high of more 65,000 patients
While new cases and hospitalizations have been surging since October, the number of Americans dying per day has not been rising at the same rates
It puts the seven-day rolling average of fatalities back over 1,000 per day - a figure not seen since August. The average death toll had hit lows of 600 last month before gradually increasing
Deaths, which are a lagging indicator and can potentially rise weeks after infections, are still down from the peak 2,000 fatalities recorded per day in the spring
Cases per day are currently on the rise in 49 states and deaths per day are climbing in 39
Midwestern states, including North Dakota, South Dakota and Wisconsin, are currently seeing a surge in fatalities - weeks after cases and hospitalizations started to spike in those regions
The increases came as Joe Biden's new COVID advisor, Dr Michael Osterholm, said the US should go into a total national lockdown for six weeks to avoid 'virus hell'
Despite Osterholm's calls for a national lockdown, the latest Gallup polling shows that less than half of Americans say they will likely comply
Dr Anthony Fauci, however, has insisted a lockdown doesn't need to happen if Americans keep wearing masks and washing their hands
