US surpasses 700,000 Covid-19 deaths

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(CNN) - The US surpassed 700,000 deaths from Covid-19 on Friday, 108 days after the country reached 600,000 deaths from the virus, according to data from Johns Hopkins University.

The grim figure comes after another violent round of surging of infections, hospitalizations and deaths fueled by the highly transmissible Delta variant and largely driven by unvaccinated people.

The toll means the US continues to have more Covid-19 deaths than any other the country in the world, with Brazil, which has the second-highest number, reporting more than 597,000 deaths while India, third, reporting more than 448,000 deaths.

Local leaders and businesses across the country have worked to implement vaccine mandates in hopes of encouraging more people to get their shots and help curb another surge of cases in the coming months. And while governors across the US have now begun reporting encouraging signs of slowing cases and hospitalizations, they stress the most powerful tool to keep those numbers from ticking back up are vaccinations.

https://www.cnn.com/2021/10/01/health/us-coronavirus-friday/index.html

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1. Per Worldometer Florida has only 2 new deaths.

[Maru Kitteh]

7. well isn't that remarkable nt

[RockRaven]

2. The US, Brazil, and India are all under-reporting Covid deaths relative to reality...

There are differences in the degree of the understatement and what proportion of the low-balling is intentional, of course.

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3. +1

[jimfields33]

8. I'd imagine China is as well.

China has the most people in the world followed by India and United States is third. I’m not surprised we’re not near the top in deaths.

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[PoindexterOglethorpe]

6. Actually, this country surpassed 700,000 deaths a while back,

according to https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/