U.S. death toll from coronavirus surpasses 500,000

The total number of deaths from the novel coronavirus in the United States surpassed 500,000 on Monday, according to a tally by Johns Hopkins University, as efforts to contain the pandemic continue more than a year after the first infection was confirmed in the country.The figure is higher than in any other country, with Brazil coming in second at over 246,500 deaths. The U.S. toll also exceeds the number of Americans who died in World War II, which totaled about 405,000, according to data from the Department of Veteran Affairs.As the administration of U.S. President Joe Biden ramps up effo…READ FULL ARTICLE