Thread by @ByMikeBaker

This was one of the most distressing days of the pandemic so far.

We tallied an astonishing 1,923 deaths today. Our daily average of 1,246 deaths is now the highest since the spring and 76% higher than a month ago.

The surge shows no sign of slowing. 1/

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Tonight, we reached an almost incomprehensible milestone: Over just the past month, ~3.4 million people in the United States were identified as having new coronavirus infections.

** That is 1 out of every 100 people in this nation. In one month. **

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As we know, deaths tend to lag cases by weeks. But we are already seeing record hospitalizations — currently 79,410 people in the hospital with Covid-19.

In South Dakota, 1 out of every 1,493 people in the state are hospitalized with the virus.

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More than a quarter-million people in the United States have died of Covid-19, but we are on track to record many, many more.

Look at these death charts at the state level. 35 states are showing a recent rise in deaths.

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If states were countries, here’s the global ranking of DEATHS per capita over the past week:

1 North Dakota
2 Slovenia
3 South Dakota
4 Bosnia & H
5 Belgium
6 Czech Republic
7 Liechtenstein
8 Montenegro
9 Bulgaria
10 N Macedonia
11 Montana
12 Luxembourg

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North Dakota has become the 8th state to record at least 1 coronavirus death for every 1,000 residents over the course of the pandemic.

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