Members of the US House of Representatives and Senate held a minute of silence to commemorate the 800,000 Americans who died from COVID-19.
Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, and House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy attended the memorial service on the steps of the Capitol.
More than 450,000 Americans died from COVID-19 in 2021
According to Reuters, more than 450,000 Americans died from COVID-19 in 2021.
It was stated that this year’s deaths accounted for 57 percent of all COVID-19 deaths in the United States since the start of the pandemic.
According to data from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the number of deaths from COVID-19 in the United States in 2020 was 385,343.
Reuters’ report also reveals that for the period from January 1 to November 30, the United States ranks highest among the G-7 countries in terms of deaths from COVID-19.