The official death toll from Covid-19 in the United States has reached another grim milestone on its relentless march upwards, with 200,000 people now having succumbed to the virus, according to a tally by news agency Reuters.
The US has racked up, by far, the most deaths of any nation and its weekly average reveals that around 800 people die from the illness every day. This figure captures a five percent spike in the past week but still represents a significant drop from a peak of 2,806 daily deaths, which was recorded on April 15, during the height of the pandemic.
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