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US counts 500,000 Covid-related deaths

Even as new variants take hold, the United States has reached the staggering milestone of over 500,000 deaths from the coronavirus pandemic, by far the highest in the world. The maginitude of the loss can be measured from the fact that more Americans have died due to the virus than World War I, World War II and the Vietnam War combined. America, which accounts for just 4.25 per cent of the global population, now makes up for 20 per cent of the global death toll. Keeping aside the numbers, the grief of the loved ones, the