Covid's toll in the U.S. reaches a once unfathomable number: 1 million deaths
The U.S. on Wednesday surpassed 1 million Covid-19 deaths, according to data compiled by NBC News — a once-unthinkable scale of loss even for the country with the world's highest recorded toll from the virus.
The number — equivalent to the population of San Jose, California, the 10th largest city in the U.S. — was reached at stunning speed: 27 months after the country confirmed its first case of the virus.
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