US COVID-19 deaths exceed World War II military toll
Washington, Jan 21: The number of US Covid-19 deaths on Wednesday surpassed the country's toll of military fatalities in World War II, according to the reports.
So far 4,05,400 people have died from coronavirus which has surpassed the total number of combat and non-combat deaths in World War II i.e. 4,05,399, according to the Department of Veterans Affairs.
Meanwhile,
the
newly-elected
President
Joe
Biden
begins
his
term.
"We
need
all
our
strength
to
persevere
through
this
dark
winter.
We
are
entering
what
may
be
the
toughest
and
deadliest
period
of
the
virus,"
Biden
said
in
his
inaugural
speech.
Biden
also
has
said
that
his
response
to
the
pandemic
will
be
rooted
in
evidence-based
solutions,
unlike
his
predecessor
Donald
Trump.
Those who have died were in focus on Tuesday evening as President-elect Joe Biden, one day ahead of his inauguration in the nation's capital, attended a lighting ceremony at the Lincoln Memorial's reflecting pool to honor Covid-19 victims.
"To heal, we must remember," Biden said. "And it's hard sometimes to remember, but that's how we heal. It's important to do that as a nation."
The US accounts for four percent of the world's population but around 20 percent of its Covid-19 deaths.
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Meanwhile, more than 10.5 million people have received at least the first dose of a Covid-19 vaccine, about 1.6 million of whom have received a second dose, according to CDC data last updated on Friday.