COVID-19 has now claimed the lives of more than 875,000 Americans. According to Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 875,781 Americans have lost their lives to COVID out of 72,877,900 cases representing a mortality rate of 1.2%.
After taking 15 days to go from 825,000 to 850,000 deaths, it has only taken 11 days to go from 850,000 to 875,000 deaths. This is, of course, a consequence of deaths catching up to the rapid spread of the Omicron variant. At this present pace, the United States would top 1 million COVID deaths by March 21st - the first day of spring. A season which represents renewal, should we surpass the 1 million mark on that day it would be a reminder that our long winter has not ended and is far from over.
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