Coronavirus: US COVID-19 death toll tops 900000 – KIRO 7

A tally from Johns Hopkins University showed that as of Friday afternoon, more than 900,500 people had died of COVID-19 across the U.S.

Jha, dean of the Brown University School of Public Health, told The Associated Press.

The deaths come as health officials continue to press Americans to get vaccinated against COVID-19, saying that the shots protect well against severe illness and death from the virus.

At a news conference Wednesday, Dr.

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