The United States recorded 4,077 fatalities on Wednesday, the third highest number of daily fatalities since the pandemic hit American shores just over a year ago, according to the COVID Tracking Project.
Nearly 83,000 people in the United States have died of the coronavirus so far in January, making it the deadliest month of the pandemic in the nation with four days to go.
The number of Americans hospitalized, 107,444, hit its lowest level since December 10, 2020, as that statistic saw a steady drop over the past two weeks.