Manila, Jan. 20 -- The US reported another grim milestone on Tuesday, with the number of coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) deaths surpassing 400,000, according to Johns Hopkins University.
The Maryland-based school registered 400,022 deaths and an excess of 24.1 million confirmed infections since February last year.
The US reached 200,000 deaths in September and 300,000 in December.
The new tally comes one day before President-elect Joe Biden is set to be inaugurated as the 46th president of the US, and he has pledged to prioritize the coronavirus crisis during his early days in office.
The Biden administration aims to implement a federal mask mandate and administer 100 million Covid-19 vaccines in 100 days in office, among other meas...