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.