US reports one coronavirus-related death every 30 seconds

The United States continues to surge past one grim milestone after another — over the past 24 hours, the country reported one coronavirus-related death every 30 seconds, data tracking the virus showed.

The U.S. has reported more than 16.7 million cases of COVID-19 since the pandemic began, according to data from Johns Hopkins University. By far the hardest-hit country, with more cases and deaths than the next two worst-hit countries (India and Brazil) combined, the U.S. has averaged more than 200,000 positive cases in 9 of the past 10 days.