U.S. Surpasses 250,000 Covid-19 Deaths [Updated]

[2020-11-20 02:51:10 UTC; Had used worldwide daily death count (10,970); correct value for US single-day deaths was 2,065.--martyb]

[How many Soylentils personally know of someone who has contracted or died from COVID-19? Please accept my condolences for your loss. --martyb]

The terrorist attacks of 9/11 - the deadliest in world history - killed 2,977 people:

During the September 11 attacks of 2001, 2,977 people were killed, 19 hijackers committed murder-suicide, and more than 6,000 others were injured. The immediate deaths included 265 on the four planes (including the terrorists), 2,606 in the World Trade Center and in the surrounding area, and 125 at the Pentagon. The attacks were the deadliest terrorist act in world history, causing the death of over 500 more people than the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.

In just one day - yesterday, Wednesday, November 18, 2020 - COVID-19 took the lives of 2,065 people in the US. At that rate, in excess of 86,000 more Americans will die between today and the end of the year. Deaths tend to lag infection onset by about a month. As the case rate experiences exponential growth, expect a commensurate increase in deaths before year's end.

U.S. Surpasses 250,000 Covid-19 Deaths

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for aristarchus_:

The COVID-19 death count continues to increase. The US hit the grim milestone of 250,000 deaths yesterday.

U.S. surpasses 250,000 Covid-19 deaths:

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