DURHAM, N.C. (WTVD) The number of Americans killed by COVID-19 surpassed 500,000, according to Johns Hopkins University, a tragic figure far surpassing the toll of any other nation in the world.
Logically, 500,000 is only slightly more than the population of the City of Raleigh (483,579); it s roughly equal to 25 sellout crowds at PNC Arena (capacity 19,722); the U.S. death toll is now approximately 168 times the total lives lost on Sept. 11, and now stands at approximately 3/4 of the total number of deaths that were recorded in the U.S. during the 1918 influenza pandemic.
Logically, the updated death toll means the virus has killed one in every 656 Americans. Emotionally, however, Americans may not ever understand the weight of that number.
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U.S. on February 22 crossed the grim milestone of 5,00,000 COVID-19 deaths
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State Department spokesman Ned Price speaks during daily press briefing at the State Dept., in Washington on Feb. 22. 2021.
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U.S. on February 22 crossed the grim milestone of 5,00,000 COVID-19 deaths The U.S. has said it is looking forward to an “overarching” memorandum of understanding to enhance health partnership with India and asserted that the cooperation between the two countries on COVID-19 builds on decades of successful collaboration in health and biomedical research.
The U.S. on February 22 crossed the grim milestone of 5,00,000 COVID-19 deaths. With 28,184,218 coronavirus cases and 5,00,172 deaths due to the disease so far, as recorded by Johns Hopkins University, America is the worst-affected nation.
US passes grim marker in fight against COVID-19
US surpasses 500K deaths
The United States passed a grim marker in the fight against COVID-19 on Monday. There have now been more than 500,000 deaths, according to data from Johns Hopkins.
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TAMPA, Fla. â The United States passed a grim marker in the fight against COVID-19 on Monday. There have now been more than 500,000 deaths, according to data from Johns Hopkins.
In Florida, the state has surpassed 30,000 resident deaths.
Ashley Peloseâs father is among them.
âI never thought Iâd have to be doing, talking about the death of my father from a virus that came out of nowhere and is still to this day destroying families in a sense,â said Ashley Pelose, 27.
US COVID-19 death toll reaches 500,000; highest since 1918 influenza pandemic
A year into the pandemic, the running total of lives lost was about 498,000 roughly the population of Kansas City, Missouri, and just shy of the size of Atlanta
Associated Press | February 22, 2021 | Updated 07:47 IST
The US virus death toll reached 400,000 on January 19 in the waning hours in office for President Donald Trump, whose handling of the crisis was judged by public health experts to be a singular failure
The US stood Sunday at the brink of a once-unthinkable tally: 500,000 people lost to the coronavirus. A year into the pandemic, the running total of lives lost was about 498,000 roughly the population of Kansas City, Missouri, and just shy of the size of Atlanta. The figure compiled by Johns Hopkins University surpasses the number of people who died in 2019 of chronic lower respiratory diseases, stroke, Alzheimer s, flu and pneumonia combined.
Updated Feb 22, 2021 | 06:59 IST
US President Joe Biden said that over 600 million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine will be ready by July. Representational image | Photo Credit: AP
Washington DC: The United States is on the brink of reaching the grim milestone of 5,00,000 COVID-19-related deaths since the start of the pandemic last year. The heavy toll continued despite a ray of hope in the form of recoveries as well as vaccines. The US has reported the maximum number of fatalities in the world due to COVID-19. It s terrible. It is historic. We haven t seen anything even close to this for well over a hundred years, since the 1918 pandemic of influenza, Anthony Fauci, chief medical advisor to US President Joe Biden said, in Meet the Press at NBC.