The death toll from the spread of coronavirus in the United States was approaching over 200 000 lives . Taj Mahal reopens even as India coronavirus cases soarIndia's famed Taj Mahal and some schools reopened on Monday as authorities pressed ahead with kickstarting the nation's coronavirus-battered economy despite soaring infection numbers. The United States, on a weekly average, is now losing about 800 lives each day to the virus, according to a Reuters tally. During the early months of the pandemic, 200 000 deaths was regarded by many as the maximum number of lives likely to be lost in the United States to the virus. "If that continues unabated ... by mid-October you would end up with something like 50 000 cases per day," he said, adding that this would lead to more than 200 deaths per day.

Source: News 24 September 21, 2020 11:08 UTC