As Death Rate Accelerates, U.S. Records 400,000 Lives Lost To The Coronavirus

Mary Estime-Irvin, a councilwoman for the city of North Miami, writes the name of a friend lost to COVID-19 on a symbolic tombstone that is part of a pandemic memorial at Griffing Park in North Miami on Oct. 28, 2020.

Although vaccination has begun, this winter has been the deadliest season of the pandemic. The U.S. death toll jumped from 300,000 to 400,000 in just five weeks.

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