US States Start Seeing Days of Zero COVID-19 Deaths

Customers paint during a class in Huntington Beach, Calif., on May 19, 2021. Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images

U.S. states are starting to record days of zero deaths among people with COVID-19, another marker that the pandemic is easing.

Idaho, Minnesota, and Wisconsin saw several zero-death days in recent weeks, and the nation’s second-most-populous state, Texas, saw a zero-death day for the first time since March 2020.