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The Hill: US COVID-19 deaths in 2021 surpass last year's toll
The United States passed yet another sobering milestone in the COVID-19 pandemic as the number of 2021 coronavirus deaths surpassed the 2020 total.
According to the latest available data from Johns Hopkins University, the U.S. has reached at least 770,691 COVID-19 deaths over the full course fo the pandemic.
Data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) indicate that the total number of deaths involving COVID-19 in 2020 was 385,343.
That means that at least 385,348 COVID-19 deaths - 15 more than the 2020 total -have so far been recorded in 2021, and that number will only rise in the days and weeks to come.
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Update: U.S. Covid-19 Deaths in 2021 Surpass 2020 (Barrons/WSJ)
WNU Editor: There were 1,891 American Covid deaths yesterday (New York Times).