The NBC News results showed that as of Sunday afternoon, about 500,001 people had died from Covid-19 The number of dead rivals is comparable to the population of Atlanta or Sacramento, California, and is more than double the number of Americans killed in combat in World War II, according to the Department of Veterans Affairs.
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According to the NBC News census, more than 28,206,600 cases have been confirmed in the US. California, the most densely populated state, has been hit particularly hard, with 3,527,641 confirmed cases and 49,110 dead on Sunday.
However, the average number of daily new cases has declined in recent days. The number fell below 100,000 for the first time in months on February 12.
However, public health experts and top officials have said precautions must be taken to slow the spread of the virus.
“We still have about 100,000 cases per day. We are still at about 1,500 to 3,500 deaths per day. The cases are more than two and a half times what we’ve seen in the summer,” says Dr. Rochelle Walensky, the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said on NBC’s “Meet the Press” on Sunday.
“It’s encouraging to see these trends coming down, but they are coming from an extraordinarily high place,” Walensky added.
