nprnews_____ = ||| lubuntu at wor2 670N|||The U.S. Has Hit 600, 000 COVID Deaths, More Than Any Other Country||| kickerpage = |||no kicker pagenpr for NPRNEWS||| summarynpr = |||The latest toll from Johns Hopkins University comes nearly four months after the nation crossed the half-million mark for deaths from the coronavirus pandemic.

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Memorials hang from the front gate of Greenwood Cemetery during an event and procession organized by Naming the Lost Memorials to remember and celebrate the lives of those killed by the COVID-19 pandemic in New York City.

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Coronavirus Updates

The U.S. Has Hit 600,000 COVID Deaths, More Than Any Other Country

The latest toll from Johns Hopkins University comes nearly four months after the nation crossed the half-million mark for deaths from the coronavirus pandemic.

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