On Tuesday, the U.S. hit a grim milestone and surpassed 600,000 coronavirus deaths
* On Tuesday, the U.S. surpassed 600,000 coronavirus deaths, according to data from Johns Hopkins University
* That figure is more than the number of Americans who died during World War I, World War II and the Vietnam War combined
* The U.S. accounts for 15% of all deaths from COVID-19 at 3.8 million, but just 5% of the global population
* It took more than four months for the death toll to go from 500,000 to 600,000 after taking just 30 day to hit half a million from 400,000
* Racial gaps persist with blacks and Latinos between two and three times more likely of COVID-19 than whites
The United States hit a grim milestone and surpassed 600,000 coronavirus deaths on Tuesday, according to data from Johns Hopkins University.
That figure is more than the number of Americans who died during World War I, World War II and the Vietnam War combined - and equal to the yearly cancer toll.
To put the figure into context, it is about the population of Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Baltimore, Maryland; or Albuquerque, Mew Mexico.
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