US coronavirus deaths hit another daily high

January 13, 2021 at 6:26 p.m. | Updated January 13, 2021 at 10:54 p.m.

by Associated Press

In this Dec. 29, 2020, file photo, Penny Cracas, with the Chester County, Pa., Health Department, fills a syringe with the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine before administering it to emergency medical workers and healthcare personnel at the Chester County Government Services Center in West Chester, Pa. The Trump administration on Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2021, announced plans to further speed up delivery of the shots by releasing second doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna vaccines, practically doubling supply. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum, File)
In this Dec. 29, 2020, file photo, Penny Cracas, with the Chester County, Pa., Health Department, fills a syringe with the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine before administering it to emergency medical workers and healthcare personnel at the Chester County Government Services Center in West Chester, Pa. The Trump administration on Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2021, announced plans to further speed up delivery of the shots by releasing second doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna vaccines, practically doubling supply. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum, File)

NEW YORK - Coronavirus deaths in the U.S. have hit another one-day high at more than 4,300.

The nation's overall death toll from coronavirus has eclipsed 380,000, according to Johns Hopkins University. It is closing in fast on the number of Americans killed in World War II, about 407,000.

The U.S. recorded 4,327 deaths on Tuesday, with Arizona and California among the hardest-hit states.

Deaths have been rising sharply in the past 2 1/2 months, and the country is in the most lethal phase of the outbreak yet, even as the vaccine is rolled out. New cases are running at nearly a quarter-million per day on average. More than 9.3 million Americans have received their first shot of the vaccine.

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