Peter Wells in New York
The US on Monday reported its smallest daily increase in coronavirus deaths in a fortnight, as figures showed January was the deadliest month of the pandemic.
Authorities attributed 1,562 fatalities to coronavirus, according to Covid Tracking Project, down from 2,059 on Sunday. That was the smallest daily increase in deaths since January 18, which was a public holiday.
The most recent Covid Tracking Project data released on Monday evening represent state figures for January 31 and reveal that 94,357 coronavirus deaths across the US were recorded during January. This is the highest monthly death toll of the pandemic.
Twenty states reported their highest monthly death tolls during January, on par with the 20 states for which December was the deadliest month, according to a Financial Times analysis of Covid Tracking Project data.
California, Texas, Arizona, Tennessee and North Carolina all had tallies of at least 2,500…