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US COVID-19 cases surpass 20 million as deaths mount – Thomson Reuters Foundation
HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS/USA-CASES (URGENT, PIX, GRAPHIC):U.S. COVID-19 cases surpass 20 million as deaths mount
By Anurag Maan and Kavya B
Jan 1 (Reuters) – U.S. coronavirus cases crossed the 20 million mark on Friday as officials seek to speed up vaccinations and a more infectious variant surfaces in Colorado, California and Florida.
The United States has seen a spike in number of daily COVID-19 fatalities since Thanksgiving with 78,000 lives lost in December. A total of 345,000 have died of COVID-19, or one out of every 950 U.S. residents, since the virus first emerged in China late in 2019. (Graphic: https://tmsnrt.rs/34pvUyi)
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