US surpasses 300,000 COVID-19 deaths, according to Johns Hopkins
By Austin Williams
First Shipments of Coronavirus Vaccine Depart Michigan
Trucks carrying the first doses of the coronavirus vaccine left a Pfizer plant in Michigan on Sunday, December 13, to be transported to distribution centers across the US. (Credit: Joshua Neyhart via Storyful)
LOS ANGELES - More than 300,000 people in the U.S. have died from the novel coronavirus, according to the most recent data from Johns Hopkins University.
As of Dec. 14, there were more than 72.5 million global coronavirus cases and over 16 million confirmed cases in the United States alone.
The U.S. recorded more COVID-19 deaths on Dec. 3 alone than the total number of virus-related deaths reported in more than 100 countries since the onset of the pandemic.