Update: U.S. averages more than 1,000 coronavirus-related deaths for ninth day in a row

Live updates: U.S. averages more than 1,000 coronavirus-related deaths for ninth day in a row The U.S. coronavirus death toll has surpassed 153,000. President Trump said the grim tally “is what it is,” during an interview with “Axios on HBO.” Antonia Farzan, Jennifer Hassan, Lateshia Beachum, Miriam Berger, Kim Bellware, John Wagner, Hamza Shaban, Reis Thebault, Hannah Knowles Washington Post

The United States averaged more than 1,000 new coronavirus-related deaths for the ninth day in a row Tuesday, as fatalities remain high following a peak in new cases.

Daily new deaths had surged to near 3,000 in April before dropping, on average, through May and June. But with states reopening, the summer brought spikes in infection, concentrated at first in the South and West and now in the Midwest. As health officials predicted, an increase in deaths was not far behind.

More than 4.74 million cases and 153,000 deaths have been reported across the United States since the pandemic began. But the death toll “is what it is,” Trump said in an interview that aired Tuesday with “Axios on HBO.”