CDC: US Has Surpassed One Million COVID Deaths

May 4, 2022 Coronavirus, United States

The U.S. on Wednesday surpassed 1 million Covid-19 deaths, according to data compiled by NBC News — a once unthinkable scale of loss even for the country with the world’s highest recorded toll from the virus.

The number — equivalent to the population of San Jose, California, the 10th largest city in the U.S. — was reached at stunning speed: 27 months after the country confirmed its first case of the virus.

While deaths from Covid have slowed in recent weeks, about 360 people have still been dying every day. The casualty count is far higher than what most people could have imagined in the early days of the pandemic, particularly because then-President Donald Trump repeatedly downplayed the virus while in office.

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BREAKING: U.S. surpasses 1 million Covid-19 deaths, according to data compiled by NBC News. https://t.co/IteGJQW8ZO

— NBC News (@NBCNews) May 4, 2022