Share Photo: (Photo : Photo by August de Richelieu from Pexels) The number of COVID-19 deaths in children continues to rise in the United States, as the country hit the mark of half a million deaths over a year since the first victim succumbed to the virus. As of Sunday afternoon, according to count estimates, the U.S. death toll from the coronavirus reached 500,002. Even as more Americans are vaccinated, it is a milestone that shows the significant danger the virus still presents nationally. According to the Veterans Affairs Department, the number of dead rivals the population of Atlanta or Sacramento, California. It is more than twice the number of Americans who died in combat in World War II.