Covid-19
US surpasses one million Covid-19 deaths
Washington/UNI: The death toll from the novel Coronavirus disease in the United States has officially surpassed one million, the Johns Hopkins University said on Wednesday.
The number of deaths in the US currently stands at 1,000,167, and the case tally at 82,720,354.
"The United States officially surpassed one million reported Covid-19 deaths today, according to data from the Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Resource Center," the university said in a statement.
The US has also recorded more than 80 million Covid cases, out of a 330 million population, media reports said.
The first confirmed case was reported on 20 January 2020, when a man flew home to Seattle from Wuhan in China.
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