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1/2/21
"It's mentally, physically and emotionally draining," said Dr. Nick Kwan, who struggled to articulate the toll that COVID-19 has placed on patients and L.A. County hospitals.
Read more from Los Angeles Times1/3/21
BALTIMORE, M.D. - The COVID-19 death toll in the United States has surpassed 350,000 as experts anticipate another surge in coronavirus cases and deaths stemming from holiday gatherings over...
Read more from AP NEWS1/8/21
The U.S. administered more than 600,000 Covid vaccine shots in one day, the CDC reported Thursday, the most yet in a 24-hour period.
Read more from CNBC2/5/21
The US recorded its deadliest day of the pandemic Thursday - tallying 5,077 COVID-19 deaths and exceeding the previous pandemic peak set in January by more than 600, according to Johns Hopkins Univ...
Read more from New York Post2/21/21
The number of dead rivals the population of Atlanta or Sacramento, California.
Read more from NBC News4/17/21
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - The global death toll from the coronavirus topped a staggering 3 million people Saturday amid repeated setbacks in the worldwide vaccination campaign and a deepening crisis...
Read more from AP NEWS4/19/21
Fewer than 200,000 businesses in the United States may have failed during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, a lighter toll than initially feared and one that may have had relatively little impact on unemployment, according to Federal Reserve research.
Read more from Reuters7/8/21
AREQUIPA, Peru (AP) - On the last day of Javier Vilca's life, his wife stood outside a hospital window with a teddy bear, red balloons and a box of chocolates to celebrate his birthday, and held up a giant, hand-scrawled sign that read: "Don't give up.
Read more from AP NEWS10/1/21
and the beat goes on ...
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - The United States reached its latest heartbreaking pandemic milestone Friday, eclipsing 700,000 deaths from COVID-19 just as the surge from the delta variant is starting to slow down and give overwhelmed hospitals some relief.
Read more from AP NEWS11/1/21
The global death toll from COVID-19 topped 5 million on Monday, less than two years into a crisis that has not only devastated poor countries but also humbled wealthy ones with first-rate health care systems.
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