U.S. deaths from coronavirus pandemic exceed 200,000: univ. tally

WASHINGTON - The death toll in the United States from the coronavirus pandemic exceeded 200,000 on Tuesday, according to a tally by Johns Hopkins University.The grim milestone was reached as President Donald Trump, whose handling of the pandemic has become one of the key issues in the Nov. 3 election, faces renewed criticism over revelations that he knew in early February how deadly and contagious the novel coronavirus was, but played down the threat in public.The United States has seen far more coronavirus cases and deaths than any other country. More than 6.8 million people in the country READ FULL ARTICLE