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Photos: US Covid-19 cases over 20 million; deaths pass 350,000
The United States has recorded more than 20 million cases of Covid-19, Johns Hopkins University said on January 1 in its real-time tally, as the New Year brought another grim milestone underlining the country's struggle to quell the virus. More than 125,000 people are currently hospitalised with coronavirus -- another record -- according to the Covid Tracking Project. The country has begun a mass campaign of vaccinations and nearly 2.8 million people have already received their first jabs, a figure well behind the 20 million inoculations that the administration of President Donald Trump promised by the end of the year.
Updated on: Jan 03, 2021 5:59 PM IST
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Lab staff process RT-PCR tests for travellers at an on-site Covid-19 testing laboratory at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) on December 31 in Los Angeles, California. The United States marked the New Year by passing the extraordinary milestone of 20 million Covid-19 cases, after global celebrations welcoming in 2021 were largely muted by the pandemic. (Patrick T. Fallon / AFP)
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People seen at a drive-through coronavirus disease (Covid-19) vaccination site in Port Richey near Tampa, Florida on December 31. The US has floundered in its efforts to quell the virus, which is spreading rapidly across the country and has already caused more than 350,000 deaths, according to Johns Hopkins University data. (Octavio Jones / REUTERS)
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Healthcare workers at United Memorial Medical Center in Houston, Texas on December 31. Worldwide hopes are that Covid-19 vaccines will bring a rapid end to the pandemic in 2021 have been shaken by the slow start to the US vaccination program, which has been beset by logistical problems and overstretched hospitals. (Callaghan O'Hare / REUTERS)
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A person speaks with a family member using FaceTime on New Year's Day from inside the coronavirus unit at United Memorial Medical Center in Houston, Texas on January 1. Nearly 2.8 million people in the US have already received their first jabs, but the figure fell well behind the 20 million inoculations that President Donald Trump’s administration promised by the end of 2020. (Callaghan O'Hare / REUTERS)
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A discarded protective mask on the ground next to confetti in Times Square following New Year’s Eve celebrations in New York on January 1. The desperate race to vaccinate is set to dominate the coming year, with the coronavirus already having killed at least 1.8 million people since emerging in China in December 2019, according to a tally by AFP. (Angus Mordant / Bloomberg)
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Protesters wearing face masks stand on their vehicle as they participate along with homeless advocates in a protest against a planned public event in spite of the rise of Covid-19 cases in the region, in Los Angeles on December 30. California has emerged as the epicentre for the nation’s latest Covid-19 surge. (Ringo Chiu / AFP)
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County of Los Angeles paramedics load a potential Covid-19 patient in an ambulance before transporting him to a hospital in Hawthorne, California as a family walks by on December 29. Hospitals, particulary in Southern California, have run out of intensive-care unit (ICU) beds, Bloomberg reported. The 12.2% test positivity rate is at one of the highest levels since the start of the pandemic. (Apu Gomes / AFP)
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