WASHINGTON, 19 Jan. - (ANA)  - The death toll from the coronavirus has now surpassed 400,000 in the United States, less than a year after the country’s first known virus deaths.

 

The pace at which Americans have been dying accelerated through the fall and into the winter, exploding to record levels in January.

 

Tuesday’s harrowing milestone came a day after the United States surpassed 24 million total cases of COVID-19.  - (ANA) -

 

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