
The death toll from the corona virus in the United States has crossed one million. No other country in the world has lost so many people
Washington: The death toll from the corona virus in the United States has crossed one million. No other country in the world has lost so many people due to Covid-19. One-third of these deaths occurred in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut, the world's financial capitals.
It has also had a devastating effect on the US economy, with more than 35 million people losing their jobs in the last three months. However, the death rate and the number of new cases are now coming down. In view of this, all the 50 states have dared to reopen their economies.
Corona VirusHouse Majority Leader Stanny Hoyer said, "Our country is in a state of crisis at a time when 1, 00,000 Americans have died as a result of Covid-19. Families across the country are mourning the loss of loved ones due to the disease.
”The death toll in the United States crossed 1, 00,000 on Wednesday. So far, more than 1.7 million Americans have been affected due to coronavirus.
According to the American Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the virus is widespread in every age group and in every community in the country. Of the total virus cases, 4.7 percent are from Asian Americans and 26.3 percent from black Americans. There are no statistics on how many Indian-Americans have died from the infection.
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More than 500 such people have died in New York and New Jersey and the number of affected people in the community is in the thousands. In the last two months, many prominent Indian-American doctors and influential community leaders have died from the infection.
The CDC said that 1.57 crore people have been tested in the United States so far, of whom 18 lakh have been infected with the virus.