US COVID-19 Death Toll Passes 800,000 Mark
* The death rate for COVID-19 surpassed 800,000 deaths on Tuesday
* Republicans and Democrats in Congress held a candlelight vigil and moment of silence outside the Capitol to honor the Americans who have died from the virus
* Delta variant of the virus has dominated over U.S. rising cases in 2021
* 60 percent of U.S. population has been vaccinated - not enough to slow spread
* Majority of COVID-related deaths were found mostly in unvaccinated people
* Presence of more highly transmissible Omicron variant is now the main concern
* At the end of 2020, the coronavirus had infected more than 19.6 million Americans and killed more than 339,000 people
* As we approach the end of 2021, the virus has infected more than 50 million and killed more than 800,000 people
* More than 200,000 of those lives were lost after the vaccine became available
* Although 400,000 lives were lost under President Trump, that number has now been surpassed under President Biden
* 'We remember each person and the lives they lived, and we pray for the loved ones left behind,' Biden said in a statement on Tuesday night
The U.S. death toll from COVID-19 topped 800,000 on Tuesday, a once-unimaginable figure seen as doubly tragic, given that more than 200,000 of those lives were lost after the vaccine became available practically for the asking last spring.
The number of deaths, as compiled by Johns Hopkins University, is about equal to the population of Atlanta and St. Louis combined, or Minneapolis and Cleveland put together. It is roughly equivalent to how many Americans die each year from heart disease or stroke.
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WNU Editor: If current trends continue and the Omicron variant is as infectious as many health experts fear it is. There will be a staggering one million US Covid-19 deaths by spring.
US COVID-19 Death Toll Passes 800,000 Mark
US COVID Death Toll Hits 800,000, a Year Into Vaccine Drive -- AP
U.S. passes latest grim milestone of the pandemic: 800,000 COVID-19 deaths -- Yahoo News
‘A terrible tragedy’: US passes 800,000 Covid deaths – highest in the world -- The Guardian
A tragic new threshold: Pandemic claims 800,000 lives in U.S. -- MSNBC
800,000 Americans have died of COVID. Now the U.S. braces for an omicron-fueled spike -- NPR
U.S. COVID death toll tops 800,000 -- Axios
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