US passes 150,000 coronavirus deaths amid fresh surge in cases

Six months after first cases emerged in US, hospitals are under strain in multiple states

The US has crossed the threshold of 150,000 confirmed deaths from Covid-19, just six months after the first cases were diagnosed in China and with the outbreak far from under control.

The American death toll is the highest in the world by a significant margin and reached 150,034 on Wednesday, according to the Johns Hopkins University world coronavirus tracker.

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