Washington, November 26: Over 2,000 people have died due to COVID-19 in the US in the past 24 hours. The numbers have crossed 2,000 for the first time since May and with hospitals across the country already full.

The death toll reached 2,100 on Tuesday, with another 200,000 people infected, according to a Johns Hopkins University tally, numbers that experts say could grow with millions of Americans defying official warnings and travelling for Thursday’s Thanksgiving holiday. COVID-19 Vaccine Update: Pfizer-BioNTech Vaccine Deliveries Can Happen Before Christmas 2020 'Only if Things Go Well'.

US Coronavirus Daily Death Toll Crosses 2,000 in Past 24 Hours

According to reports, on May 7, 2,770 Americans died from the virus.

Here's what Dr Tatiana Prowell said: 

Dr Tatiana Prowell of the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine took to Twitter to say, “The US ‘each person for himself’ mindset is killing hundreds of thousands of us. Devastating to watch,” Prowell said on Twitter.

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