Forbes: U.S. Just Surpassed 750,000 Covid Fatalities — And Thousands Are Still Dying Per Week
The United States’ coronavirus death toll topped 750,000 on Wednesday, an average of around 1,200 lost lives per day since the deadliest pandemic in American history began last year — and the country logged more than 8,500 new deaths in the last week.
* Some 750,056 Americans have died from the coronavirus since the first U.S. fatality — a man in his 50s who was hospitalized in Washington state — was reported in February 2020, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University.
* The country has reported 8,585 new deaths in the past week, well below a record high of 23,415 deaths over a seven-day stretch in mid-January.
* Texas has recorded 862 new deaths in the last week, outpacing every other state, and Ohio (599), Georgia (503), Pennsylvania (475) and California (388) also face high death counts, according to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data.
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Update #1: COVID-19 vaccine mandates detailed as US deaths top 750,000 (CIDRAP)
Update #2: US passes grim milestone of 750,000 COVID-19 deaths (The Hill)
WNU Editor: Winter is coming and the US is already facing over 1,000 deaths per day. But US news coverage of this story is a fraction of what it was a year ago. Are Americans now accepting Covid as a fact of life?
