US surpasses 500,000 COVID-19 deaths
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The death toll from COVID-19 in the United States topped 500,000 on Sunday, according to an NBC News tally.

In this file photo taken on December 04, 2020 healthcare worker Demetra Ransom comforts a patient in the Covid-19 ward at United Memorial Medical Center in Houston, Texas. (File photo: AFP)

The coronavirus has claimed the lives of more than 2,462,000 people worldwide, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University.