US COVID-19 Death Toll Goes Beyond 100K Four Months After First Reported Case

Death toll rises in the U.S. but businesses are slowly returning back to normal — (Photo : Photo by Free-Photos from Pixabay)

As of Wednesday, May 27, the U.S. has outstepped a bleak achievement during the coronavirus pandemic. In data provided by the Johns Hopkins University, the country now has more than 100,000 deaths four months after the White House validated the first case.

In a report from the New York Times, the tally showed 100,047 deaths as of Wednesday evening. The U.S. now has the highest fatalities than any other country in the world, which means that more Americans have died from the virus than from the Korean, Vietnam, Iraq, and Afghanistan hostilities combined.

The virus has killed more than 354,000 people worldwide, and some experts are now warning that it may never go away, even after a vaccine is developed. Embracing that reality is crucial to the next phase of America's pandemic response.

More than 5.6 million people have contracted the coronavirus illness worldwide, while 354,000 have died. The virus has affected the lives of every citizen. From the well-known to the obscure, from rural areas to the most densely populated metropolis. Numerous experts have warned that it may never go away even with a vaccine, as mentioned in India TV News.

Epidemiologist and evolutionary biologist Sarah Cobey was quoted in the Post via India TV News saying that: "This virus is here to stay. The question is, how do we live with it safely?"

"It's like we have attention-deficit disorder right now. Everything we're doing is just a knee-jerk response to the short-term," said Tom Frieden, former director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, added in the same article.

It's all about embracing reality, which is a crucial aspect if the United States wants to move forward in their response.

Meanwhile, the U.K. registered the second-highest number of casualties, according to them, with at least 37,600 deaths. However, Brazil and Russia are on the second and third spots, respectively, when it comes to the number of infections as reported by CNN. Brazil has reported 391,222 cases of the virus, while Russia has recorded 370,680 infections.

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Covid-19 seems to be more deadly in the United States and Western Europe than it is in Asia, and those bare disparities in the loss of life have continued to baffle scientists who are arduously trying to crack the coronavirus code.

Businesses Now Opened

President Donald Trump meanwhile has cheered for the state governors to go back to normal and open businesses in order to keep the economy afloat, as reported by The Guardian.

"Will some people be affected badly? Yes," the reelection President said.

In other significant developments, more than 2.1 million jobless Americans filed for claims last week. This is still at an elevated level but has slowly declined, unlike the previous weeks, as reported by CNBC.

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