ANGELA WEISS/AFP via Getty Images The US recorded 1,321 deaths of the coronavirus between Thursday and Friday, statistics site Worldometers reported. This is the highest single-day death toll recorded by any country in the world. New York, the worst-hit state in the country, also recorded its highest single-day rise in deaths on Friday. The previous record for the world's highest single-day death toll was held by Spain, which reported 950 COVID-19 deaths on Thursday. Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories. The US recorded some 1,300 new coronavirus deaths between Thursday and Friday, the highest single-day death toll reported by any country in the world. The US saw 1,321 new deaths on Friday, according to statistics site Worldometers, which took the recording at 12 a.m.