The rate of COVID-19 deaths has increased in 42 US states in the last week, according to new data, as the spread of the more virulent coronavirus Delta variant has upended a spring of reopenings and led to increasing concern headed into autumn.In 14 states, COVID-19 deaths increased by more than 50 per cent over the past week, while another 28 states saw an uptick of at least 10 per cent, data from Johns Hopkins University on Friday shows.In Alabama, one of the hardest-hit states in the latest surge, overall hospitalisation numbers continue to climb, driving health officials to use mobile trailers to house bodies because COVID-19 deaths are soaring, state health officer Dr Scott Harris said on Friday.
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