Published 3 years ago

An American tragedy: US COVID death toll tops 700,000

Summary by Ground News

The U.S. death toll from COVID-19 eclipsed 700,000 late Friday. The last 100,000 deaths occurred during a time when vaccines were available to any American over the age of 12. Tens of millions of Americans have refused to get vaccinated, allowing the highly contagious delta variant to tear through the country.

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