Today the nation faced another grim milestone in its 16-month battle with COVID-19: 600,000 American lives have now been lost to the virus.The United States reported 12,710 new COVID-19 cases yesterday and 170 deaths, according to the Johns Hopkins COVID-19 tracker.
In total, the country has now recorded 33,480,811 cases, including 600,159 deaths. It leads the world in COVID-19 fatalities, followed by Brazil (488,228) and India (377,031).The United States reached 500,000 deaths on Feb 22, and the slowdown of fatalities since then has been largely attributed to the use of three effective vaccines.
The deadliest month of the pandemic remains January 2021, when nearly 100,000 Americans died.As of today, the Centers for Disease Control and