One person in the United States died about every minute from COVID-19 on Wednesday as the national death toll surpassed 150,000, the highest in the world<br /><br />The United States recorded 1,461 new deaths on Wednesday, the highest one-day increase since 1,484 on May 27, according to a Reuters tally.<br /><br />US coronavirus deaths are rising at their fastest rate in two months and have increased by 10,000 in the past 11 days.
