One day after the United States recorded its 5 millionth case of Covid-19, the Johns Hopkins University count of virus-related deaths in the country topped 800,000.
That’s larger than the population of Seattle, Detroit or Denver, according census data.On October 1 of this year, the nation crossed the 700,000 deaths threshold.
That means America experienced 100,000 Covid-related deaths in the past two-and-a-half months. The more virulent Delta Variant is responsible for nearly all of those deaths.The news comes as the more transmissible Omicron variant is increasing its foothold across the globe.
It has thusfar been identified in 77 countries and 33 states, according to CDC Director Rochelle Walinsky today. The variant now accounts for at
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