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Huge US virus death toll an avoidable fallout
16 Dec 2020 Healthcare workers transfer a dead body at Kingsbrook hospital during the outbreak of COVID-19 in the Brooklyn borough of New York. Reuters One man can change the course of a nation, the direction of history, the fate of its people. Donald Trump’s devil-may-care attitude towards tackling the coronavirus, considered in some quarters as divine wrath upon a wicked planet, has cost the country very dear. As of now, 300,000 peope have died, a staggering figure for the world’s beacon of democracy.
The United States kicked off a mass vaccination drive hoping to turn the tide on the world’s biggest coronavirus outbreak.
On Monday, Joe Biden bagged 306 Electoral College votes and Donald Trump received 232.
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US President Donald Trump will continue his legal fight for re-election, said White House spokeswoman Kayleigh McEnany during a press briefing on Tuesday (local time). The President is still involved in ongoing litigation related to the election. Yesterday s vote was one step in the constitutional process. I will leave it to him and refer you to the campaign for more on that litigation, McEnany while replying to a question on whether Trump recognises Joe Biden s win after the Electoral College vote.
On Monday, Joe Biden bagged 306 Electoral College votes and Trump received 232. The electoral votes will be sent to the US Congress for verification at a joint session, the final stage of the election, which is scheduled for January 6.
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Biden passed 270 votes with California casting its 55 votes for him at just after 5pm Eastern Standard Time (EST) on Monday 14 December. This put the Democrat challenger firmly over the 270 margin needed to win the election.
Americans had a big Monday, with the first vaccines being delivered to 145 sites around the country and the confirmation of President-elect Joseph Biden’s election victory by the US Electoral College.
See CNN’s easy guide to what the Electoral College is and how it works, here: electoral college vote step-by-step guide.
Despite expectations of mass protests by supporters of President Donald Trump at statehouses, the vote passed peacefully with police outnumbering protestors in those states where they did make a showing.