COVID Tracking Project. The grim milestone comes as new daily infections were rising in all but three states.RELATED: Texas records highest number of total positive COVID-19 cases in USThe U.S.
death toll has surpassed more than 232,000 people, and the seven-day rolling average for new daily deaths is rising, according data.
The U.S. also leads the world in total confirmed coronavirus cases with more than 9 million.Missouri, Oklahoma, Iowa, Indiana, Nebraska, North Dakota and New Mexico all reported record-high hospitalizations this week.
Nebraska’s largest hospitals started limiting elective surgeries and looked to bring in nurses from other states to cope with the surge.