US eclipses 700,000 coronavirus deaths as Delta variant hits unvaccinated Americans hard

The United States reached its latest heartbreaking pandemic milestone on Friday, eclipsing 700,000 deaths from Covid-19 just as the surge from the Delta variant is starting to slow down and give overwhelmed hospitals some relief.It took 3 ½ months for the US to go from 600,000 to 700,000 deaths, driven by the variant’s rampant spread through unvaccinated Americans. The death toll is larger than the population of Boston.This milestone is especially frustrating to public health leaders and…

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