Photos: Covid-19 deaths in the United States cross 250,000

The United States is currently the worst coronavirus-hit country and losing at least one life to the virus every minute of the day, according to CNN. Experts warn that with hospitals running out of health care workers and nearly 150,000 fresh cases being added to the country’s daily tally – the US could see worse. While vaccines await government approval, authorities are urging people to stay indoors at a time when Covid fatigue has taken over and Thanksgiving festivities draw near.

Updated on: Nov 20, 2020 6:47 PM IST

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Drivers form long lines at a Covid-19 testing site in a parking lot at Dodger Stadium on November 17 in Los Angeles. The United States has surpassed 250,000 Covid-19 deaths, a bleak milestone as cases soar once again across the country, worst-hit by the deadly infectious disease. The virus is now killing at least one American every minute of the day, PTI reported citing CNN. (AP)

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Medical staff move a patient on a bed in the Covid-19 intensive care unit (ICU) at the United Memorial Medical Center in Houston on November 19. American hospitals are reeling as another spike in cases threatens to overwhelm capacity and drive up deaths. Almost 80,000 patients are hospitalized with Covid-19 in the US, Bloomberg reported. (Go Nakamura / Getty Images / AFP)

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People queue at a Covid-19 mobile testing facility at Miami Beach Convention Centre on November 18. On an average, two to three weeks ago, the US was seeing 70,000 to 80,000 new cases per day. (David Santiago / Miami Herald via AP)

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People wearing face masks wait for a subway train at a Brooklyn station on November 18. Dr Jonathan Reiner, a professor at George Washington University School of Medicine said in a press conference that if one is alarmed at 1,700 deaths in a day, two to three weeks from now, US is going to see 3,000 deaths a day. (Spencer Platt / Getty Images / AFP)

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People wearing PPE kits arrive to board a subway train in New York City on November 18. In an interview with the BBC, America’s top infectious diseases expert Dr Anthony Fauci urged people to not give in to the Covid fatigue yet. Fauci urged people to “hold out for just a little longer because help is on the way” in the form of vaccines, PTI reported. (Spencer Platt / Getty Images / AFP)

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Volunteers hand out Thanksgiving turkeys and bags of free holiday food to those in need at the Central Family Life Centre in Staten Island on November 19. The surge in US cases has sufficiently alarmed authorities that they asked Americans to stay home for next week’s Thanksgiving holiday, which normally sees millions travel to gather with their families for meals, AFP reported. (Brendan McDermid / Reuters)

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Parents protest demanding that public schools remain open, outside New York’s City Hall on November 19. President-elect Joe Biden has defied all possibilities of a nationwide lockdown in wake of the rising cases. However, New York City on November 19 closed its schools – affecting nearly 1.1 million students. (Kena Betancur / AFP)

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El Paso County detention inmates and morgue staff help move bodies to refrigerated trailers deployed next to a cemetery in El Paso, Texas on November 14. The US has now reported 250,537 deaths and over 12 million confirmed cases. (Mario Tama / Getty Images / AFP)