Coronavirus: US death toll surpasses 500,000 marks – BBC News



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A family says goodbye to their father's flag-covered coffin

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Relatives of the new deceased United States crown mourn their family

According to statistics from Johns Hopkins University, on February 22 the number of deaths from the new coronavirus in the United States exceeded 500,000. This also means that the number of deaths in the United States due to the new corona epidemic exceeds the total number of deaths in the two world wars and the Vietnam war.

There are currently about 2.46 million deaths from the new coronavirus in the world, and a fifth of them occurred in the United States. The population of the United States represents approximately 5% of the world’s total population.

The United States reported its first death from the new crown about a year ago, subsequently, the number of confirmed cases and deaths increased rapidly, becoming the country with the highest number of cases in the world, with 28 million cases. The number of confirmed cases is double that of India (11 million cases) and Brazil (10 million cases), which are in second place.

“Black winter”

President Biden held a candlelight memorial service at the White House at sunset local time on the 22nd to mourn the dead. In attendance were First Lady Jill Biden, Vice President He Jinli and her husband Ren Delong (Douglas Emhoff).

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