U.S. Death Toll From Coronavirus Tops Grim Milestone Of 100,000 Lives
NEW YORK (CBS News) -- More than 100,000 people have died from coronavirus in the U.S., the highest death toll of any nation, according to data collected by Johns Hopkins University. There have been nearly 1.7 million confirmed cases of the virus across the country (out of more than 5.6 million cases worldwide).
New York continues to have the highest number of deaths of any state in the U.S., with more than 29,000. New Jersey, the state with the second-highest toll, has lost over 11,000 people to the illness. The state of California has fared better, with a total of 3,884 deaths total and 98,980 total cases reported as of Wednesday.
CBS News has collected stories of some of the lives lost to coronavirus. Among them are nurses, grocery store clerks, a former White House butler, beloved actors and singers, a mother and son who died nine days apart, a 45-year-old police officer, a 25-year-old master's student, and many more people from all walks of life.
