As a result, deaths in the country have also inexorably risen, with more than 414,000 linked to the virus. That’s one death out of roughly every 800 people in the country. Starting with the first reported case in the country last January, it took the United States more than nine months to reach 10 million cases. By the last day of 2020, the country had added another 10 million cases in just seven weeks. Getting to 25 million took about three more weeks, after a surge that peaked at more than 300,000 recorded daily cases before retreating a bit in early January.

Source: New York Times January 23, 2021 21:33 UTC