WaPo: US Death Toll from COVID-19 surpasses 50,000

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The coronavirus’s U.S. death toll surged past 50,000 on Friday, marking another grim milestone in the pandemic that has upended life around the globe. Three months after the nation’s first confirmed case, the highly contagious virus has killed at an alarming rate: Just 10 days ago, the number of recorded deaths stood at 25,000.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/04/24/us-coronavirus-death-toll-surpasses-50000/