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Mourners attend a funeral amid the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) outbreak at the Woodlawn Cemetery in Everett, Massachusetts, US, May 4, 2020/ Reuters
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Bells toll for lives lost as US reaches 500,000 Covid deaths

Bells tolled at the National Cathedral in Washington to honor the lives lost - ringing 500 times to symbolize the 500,000 deaths

In this March 25, 2020, file photo, patients wear personal protective equipment while maintaining social distancing as they wait in line for a Covid-19 test at Elmhurst Hospital Center, in New York. Photo: AP
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Why the US has the highest Covid-19 death toll

Mourners attend a funeral amid the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) outbreak at the Woodlawn Cemetery in Everett, Massachusetts, US, May 4, 2020/ Reuters
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US nears 500,000 Covid-19 deaths as Biden plans commemoration

Mourners attend a funeral amid the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) outbreak at the Woodlawn Cemetery in Everett, Massachusetts, US, May 4, 2020/ Reuters
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California set to top New York as state with most Covid-19 deaths

Medical staff wearing protective clothing take a patient off a ambulance at St Thomas' hospital as the spread of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) continues, London, Britain, March 31, 2020. REUTERS/Hannah McKay
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UK virus surge leads to record daily deaths and hospitals like ‘war zones’

Health workers carry the body of a man who died due to the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) for his cremation at a crematorium in New Delhi, India, June 4, 2020. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi/File Photo
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Global Covid-19 death toll tops 2 million

Gravediggers carry the coffin of Antonia Rodrigues during her funeral who passed away from the coronavirus disease, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, May 18, 2020/ Reuters
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Brazil coronavirus death toll hits 190,000

Computer image of a betacoronavirus which is the type of virus linked to Covid-19
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Worldwide Covid-19 cases cross 74 million

Roberto Arias prepares a grave for burial at Woodlawn Cemetery during the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) outbreak in Everett, Massachusetts, US, May 27, 2020. REUTERS/Brian Snyder
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More than 2,500 US virus deaths in 24 hours

The ultrastructural morphology exhibited by the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), which was identified as the cause of an outbreak of respiratory illness first detected in Wuhan, China, is seen in an illustration released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta, Georgia, US January 29, 2020. Photo: World Health Organization.
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Global Covid-19 cases hit 63.1 million

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Covid-19: Global cases exceed 62 million

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Global coronavirus cases hit 60 million

A medical employee with a FFP3 mask and visor prepares for taking a test in a newly opened drive-in corona special test center for Dresden public service employees such as police officers, nurses and firefighters, amid the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Dresden, eastern Germany, April 15, 2020/ Reuters
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Germany reports record Covid-19 deaths ahead of Christmas talks