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The U.S. death told from COVID-19 passed 45,000 late Tuesday, hitting 45,063 by early Wednesday, according to a count of recorded cases by Johns Hopkins University. Almost a third of those fatalities, 14,887, were in New York City, with hundreds of deaths in cities and counties throughout the U.S. Tuesday's deaths marked a single-day high in a separate tally by the COVID-19 Tracking Project, and for the first time the uptick wasn't fed by New York.

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Peter has worked as a news and culture writer and editor at The Week since the site's launch in 2008. He covers politics, world affairs, religion and cultural currents. His journalism career began as a copy editor at a financial newswire and has included editorial positions at The New York Times Magazine, Facts on File, and Oregon State University.