Pandemic Deaths Eclipse 700,000 in US
The death toll from Covid-19 in the United States surpassed 700,000 on Friday, according to figures from Johns Hopkins University, amid a resurgence in cases due to the highly contagious delta variant.
The grim threshold comes with an average of well over 1,000 dying each day, in a country where 55.7 percent of the population is now fully vaccinated, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
After a heavily criticized early response to the pandemic during Donald Trump’s final months in office, the United States mounted an effective vaccine rollout, though a significant portion of Americans are still refusing to get the shots.
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