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COVID-19 deaths eclipse 700K in US as delta variant rages

By PBS NewsHour / Associated Press  
   October 02, 2021

The U.S. death toll from COVID-19 eclipsed 700,000 late Friday — a number greater than the population of Boston. The last 100,000 deaths occurred during a time when vaccines — which overwhelmingly prevent deaths, hospitalizations and serious illness — were available to any American over the age of 12.

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