US reaches 200,000 coronavirus deaths amid fears for coming winter

• US deaths highest in world ahead of Brazil, India and Mexico
• California has most Covid cases followed by Texas and Florida

The US has reached another tragic landmark in deaths from Covid-19, with more than 200,000 people now believed to have died because of the virus, according to data from Johns Hopkins University.

Deaths have reached at least 200,005, according to the count by the university's coronavirus resource center.