In six days more Americans died from Covid-19 than died from the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq combined
The US has become the first country in the world to record more than 2,000 coronavirus deaths in a single day.
2,108 people lost their lives on Friday, according to data collated by researchers at Johns Hopkins University.
The US also surpassed half a million infections at the end of what has been a devastating week.
More Americans died between Monday and Saturday (8,800) than died from the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq combined.
The US death toll, 18,693, as of Saturday morning, is expected to surpass that in Italy, 18,849, by Sunday, but the overall picture indicates that while deaths continue to rise, the speed of the outbreak looks to be slowing. [Continue reading…]