The U.S. is still reporting more than 2,300 new COVID-19 deaths each day.
The Army said it plans to discharge soldiers who refuse to comply with the Pentagon's vaccine mandate. Meanwhile, parents and health officials wait for the vaccine to be approved for children under 5.It has been nearly two years since Patricia Dowd, a 57-year-old San Jose resident, died of the, in early February 2020.
"This new horrific milestone suggests our march to the unthinkable million mark is all but certain," said John Brownstein, Ph.D., an epidemiologist at Boston Children's Hospital and an ABC News contributor.A patient lays on a medical gurney waiting to be seen in the emergency room waiting area at Providence Mission Hospital in Mission Viejo, Calif., Jan. 27, 2022.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, since Feb. 1, 2020, there have been more than 1 million excess deaths.
An analysis tracking the extensive reach of COVID-19 loss of kin with a bereavement multiplier, published by the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, estimated that 8.1 million family members may be grieving the loss of a loved one due to the virus. The number of Americans lost to COVID-19 also continues to dwarf the number of those lost due to influenza. Between Oct. 1, 2021, and Jan. 22, 2022, the CDC estimated that there have been around 1,200 to 3,500 flu deaths. Comparatively, in the same time frame, more than 150,000 Americans have reportedly died from COVID-19.
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