http://www.newsweek.com/us-covid-deaths-highest-march-mississippi-hit-hardest-1628357 > COVID deaths in the U.S. have reached their highest level since March, with an average of around 1,600 U.S. citizens dying as a result of the disease every day. The southern states of the U.S. continue to be among the hardest hit, according to The New York Times COVID tracker. > The database shows there was a weekly average of 1,648 deaths on Sunday, similar to the figure reached on March 9, when the weekly average was 1,663.