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US Covid-19 death toll tops 2 lakh mark

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Published: 10:14, 23 September 2020   Update: 14:32, 23 September 2020
US Covid-19 death toll tops 2 lakh mark

The death toll from the coronavirus or Covid-19 in the United States exceeded 2,00,000 on Tuesday (Sept 22), by far the highest number of any nation.

The United States, on a weekly average, is now losing about 800 lives each day to the virus, according to a Reuters tally. That is down from a peak of 2,806 daily deaths recorded on April 15.

During the early months of the pandemic, 2,00,000 deaths was regarded by many as the maximum number of lives likely to be lost in the United States to the virus.

"The idea of 2,00,000 deaths is really very sobering and in some respects stunning," Dr. Anthony Fauci, the top US infectious diseases expert, said.

Fauci said that it was not inevitable that the United States will fall into another dire situation with coronavirus cases surging during cold weather months, but that he was worried about parts of the country where public health measures were not being implemented.

Dhaka/AI