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Has been reached much more quickly. now we're at 500 million. but many believe the real number is much higher. well, for the first time since the start of the pandemic, the cdc predicts the u.s. will record one million deaths from the coronavirus, and it says that's likely to happen by early next month. according to johns hopkins, the virus has already killed more than 987,000 people in the united states. but despite the looming milestone, the number of newly reported deaths is forecast to decrease over the next month. the cdc also announced wednesday that it's extending the federal transpor...

Lot more from lviv at the top of the hour. but for now, let's get back to kim at cnn world headquarters there in atlanta. kim. >> thanks so much, john. the world has reached another staggering covid milestone. half a billion people have now been infected with the virus since the pandemic began according to the latest data from johns hopkins university. have a look at this graph. just took over a year for the world to hit 100 million cases and less than 200 days to reach 200 million. since then, each new milestone has been reached much more quickly. now, we are at 500 million but many people ...