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The United States has reached the grim milestone of 500,000 deaths since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, according to NBC News.

More Americans are making the decision to have their terminally ill loved ones die at home rather than in nursing home and hospice settings.

As vaccine demands continue to outstrip supply countrywide, the United States is expecting to see over half a million COVID-19 deaths within the next three weeks. Just over one million people are getting vaccinated a day, according to the CDC.

According to NBC News’ tally, December has already been the worst month of the pandemic, both in terms of overall case load and death toll.

More than 3,300 COVID-19 deaths were recorded Tuesday, with health officials warning more grim days are ahead.

Mexico is the now the fourth country to record 100,000 deaths due to COVID-19.

The United States surpassed more than 11 million COVID-19 on Sunday, as the third wave of the virus continued its uncontrolled spread, new restrictions were introduced, and Americans weighed whether and how they can celebrate Thanksgiving.

Deaths per day from the coronavirus in the U_S_ are on the rise again, just as health experts had feared, and cases are climbing in nearly every state, despite assurances from President Donald Trump over the weekend that “we’re rounding the turn, we’re doing great.”

While the number of U.S. coronavirus deaths passed 200,000 over the weekend, White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany defended the handling of the coronavirus pandemic by President Donald Trump, saying, “We were looking at the prospect of 2 million people potentially perishing from the coronavirus in this country.” When questioned about the president’s comments to journalist Bob Woodward in which...

The U.S. surpassed its 200,000th pandemic death and losses are taking shape in heartbreaking ways.

A prediction made in March — unfathomable at the time — has come to pass.

The Justice Department sent letters to governors of New York and three other Democratic-led states seeking data on whether they violated federal law by ordering public nursing homes to accept recovering COVID-19 patients from hospitals.

Another 296 people have tested positive for the new coronavirus and 10 more people with the virus have died, Massachusetts health officials said Tuesday. There have now been 8,529 deaths and 112,969 cases reported in the state, according to the Massachusetts Department of Public Health. The percentage of coronavirus tests coming back positive, on average, is up slightly to 1.9%,…

Amid rising coronavirus cases in Massachusetts, Gov. Charlie Baker identifies four communities as “high risk” that will be the focus of increased enforcement of the mask mandate and crowd control.

Another 214 people have tested positive for the new coronavirus and five more people with the virus have died, Massachusetts health officials said Monday. There have now been 8,519 deaths and 112,673 cases reported in the state, according to the Massachusetts Department of Public Health. The percentage of coronavirus tests coming back positive, on average, is down slightly to 1.8%,…

Gov. Charlie Baker announced new restrictions as coronavirus cases tick up.

At a press conference on Thursday, President Trump offered condolences for the family of former presidential candidate and Trump campaign surrogate Herman Cain, who died on Thursday morning from the coronavirus.

The coronavirus pandemic claimed another 28 lives in Massachusetts, health officials said Friday, reporting 213 new infections, including confirmed and probable cases. Of those deaths, all are in people with confirmed cases of COVID-19, the disease caused by the virus. And 152 of the newly reported cases are confirmed, with the remaining 61 listed as probable. The state’s total death…

Mayor Walsh talks about health and quality of life in Boston as the city gears up for coronavirus phase 3 reopening.

Another 25 people with the new coronavirus have died in Massachusetts and 295 new infections have been detected, including confirmed and probable cases in both metrics, health officials said Thursday. Of those deaths, all are in people with confirmed cases of COVID-19, the disease caused by the virus. And 177 of the newly reported cases are confirmed, with the remaining…