The US death toll from the coronavirus topped 200,000 Tuesday, a figure unimaginable eight months ago when the scourge first reached the world’s richest nation with its sparkling laboratories, top-flight scientists, and stockpiles of medicines and emergency supplies.
The bleak milestone, by far the highest confirmed death toll from the virus in the world, was reported by Johns Hopkins University, based on figures supplied by state health authorities. But the real toll is thought to be much higher.
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