BREAKING: U.S. Coronavirus Death Toll Surpasses 1,000,000

Based on final calculations made by the BNO|Medriva Data Team, the United States surpassed 1 million Covid-19 deaths on Wednesday afternoon, an unthinkable scale of loss even for the country with the highest recorded toll from the virus.

The figure, which is equivalent to the populations of either Austin or San Jose, was reached in record time: twenty seven months after the country's first case of the virus was confirmed.

*This story is still developing.