US records highest yearly death toll in 2020 reaching past 3 million
Experts predict that the final 2020 tally would be 400,000 more than the total number of deaths in 2019.
December 23, 2020 07:34 GMT
This may be one of the worst years in U.S. history as data suggests that the country will pass the three million mark in terms of total yearly deaths for 2020.
A report on Associated Press revealed that although the final mortality numbers will not be available for months, experts already have preliminary numbers that suggest that the country may be bound to see more than 3.2 million deaths just for 2020.
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