Coronavirus
The U.S. Reaches 800,000 Covid Deaths
The U.S. has reached the grim milestone of 800,000 deaths related to COVID-19, Reuters reported.
More than 450,000 people in the United States have died after contracting COVID-19 so far in 2021, according to the news service, which added that the total accounts for 57 percent of all U.S. deaths from the illness since the pandemic started.
The 2021 death toll in the U.S. had already surpassed the 2020 total in November. Data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention indicates that the total number of deaths involving COVID-19 in 2020 was 385,343.
