US surpasses 750,000 COVID-19 deaths, Johns Hopkins says

In different bleak reminder of the toll the COVID-19 pandemic has taken connected the U.S., Johns Hopkins reported Wednesday that the state had surpassed three-quarters of a cardinal deaths from the microorganism since aboriginal 2020.

The U.S. reached the grim milestone Wednesday — the aforesaid time that tens of millions of children crossed the state became eligible to get vaccinated against COVID-19.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, deaths from the microorganism stay elevated but person fallen importantly since the delta variant's highest this summer. Currently, astir 1,100 Americans are dying of the microorganism each day, down from a 2021 precocious of 1,200 successful mid-September.

Health officials accidental that the existent COVID-19 decease toll is mostly avoidable. The immense bulk of those who person died successful caller months were unvaccinated, according to the CDC.

The bureau says that unvaccinated radical are 4.5 times more apt to declaration COVID-19 and 11 times much apt to dice from the microorganism compared to those who are vaccinated.

Worldwide, the U.S. and Brazil (608,000) are the lone different countries that person recorded much than fractional a cardinal COVID-19 deaths. India presently has seen astir 460,000 COVID-19 deaths since the commencement of the pandemic.

The U.S. besides leads the satellite successful confirmed COVID-19 cases with much than 46 million.