In terms of recorded cases, the United States has become the worst-affected country, with more than 3.1 million diagnosed Covid 19 cases and at least 133,291 deaths since the crisis beganin January.

The US Centers for Disease Control (CDC) predicts the nations coronavirus death toll will rise to between 140,000 to 160,000 deaths by August.

The trend will likely continue unless social distancing can be effectively reinstituted across the south and mid-west of the country.

As predicted, a month from the case surge started, we are moving to a higher death rate in the US, Dr Eric Topol, a Professor of Molecular Medicine at The Scripps Research Institute in La Jolla, California, tweeted.

I think the shift to younger patients and better treatments will lead to a flatter slope compared with April. But thwarting the surge could have prevented this altogether.

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US death toll starts to rise again, reversing three-month fall - Telegraph.co.uk