California was the state with the most deaths at 3,315 in the week ended Jan 10, or about eight out of every 100,000 people, up 44% from the prior week, according to a Reuters analysis of state and county reports. Arizona had the highest death rate per capita at 15 per 100,000 residents, followed by Rhode Island at 13 and West Virginia at 12 deaths per 100,000 people. On average, COVID-19 killed 3,239 people per day in the United States last week, more than the number killed by the Sept. 11 attacks in 2001. The United States reported more than 1.7 million new cases of COVID-19 last week, up 17% from the prior seven days. Former US Food and Drug Administration chief Scott Gottleib said new cases could start declining in February.

Source: bd News24 January 11, 2021 19:30 UTC