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US COVID-19 deaths top 1 million, Johns Hopkins data shows

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WASHINGTON, DC - MAY 13: The American flag flies at half-staff at the White House as the United States passes one million deaths from COVID-19 on May 13, 2022, in Washington, DC. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images) WASHINGTON - The number of people killed by COVID-19 in the United States has reached 1 million, according to data collected by Johns Hopkins University on Wednesday.The confirmed number of dead is equivalent to a 9/11 attack every day for 336 days.

It is roughly equal to how many Americans died in the Civil War and World War II combined. It’s as if Boston and Pittsburgh were wiped out.The sobering milestone is a stark reminder that while life has somewhat returned to normal across the country, the novel coronavirus continues to plague Americans and the rest of the world.

Last week President Joe Biden ordered flags at half-staff to officially mark the somber milestone during a COVID-19 summit with other world leaders. "This pandemic isn’t over," Biden declared at the second global pandemic summit, speaking solemnly of the once-unthinkable U.S.

toll: "1 million empty chairs around the family dinner table."Three out of every four deaths were people 65 and older. More men died than women.

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