Newly-reported US COVID-19 deaths:

Mon 4/6—1182
Sun 4/5—1184
Sat 4/4—1352
Fri 4/3—1178
Thu 4/2—1084
Wed 4/1—954
Tue 3/31—807
Mon 3/30—511
Sun 3/29—463
Sat 3/28—435
Fri 3/27—367
Thu 3/26—263
Wed 3/25—225
Tue 3/24—204
Mon 3/23—73
Sun 3/22—126
Sat 3/21—53
Fri 3/20—59
Thu 3/19—48

So, there's a lot going on here.

There's been a slowdown. But also important: there may be some day-of-week effects. The last two Tuesdays were quite bad. Possible there's a backlog of cases on weekends that then finally make it into Tuesday's reporting.