More U.S. deaths than World War I: How does the COVID-19 toll compare with other deadly events?

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More U.S. deaths than World War I: How does the COVID-19 toll compare with other deadly events?
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More than 116,700 people in the U.S. have died of COVID-19 since the coronavirus hit our shores, and the count steadily grows. Already, the death toll surpasses the number of Americans killed in the entirety of World War I.

James Plummer, left, funeral director at Angelus Funeral Home, sprinkles rose petals over the casket as Nicholas Jackson, center, son of the deceased, grieves for Charles Jackson Jr., who died in April. Employees of the Jay Chapel Funeral Home in Madera, Calif., transport the body of Wanda DeSelle, 76, to a grave site. Family members had to remain in their cars during the burial on April 8.

A nurse covers an emergency room patient with a blanket at San Jose Regional Medical Center on May 21. Santa Clara County, where the medical center is located, had the earliest known COVID-19 deaths in the United States. Flags, wreaths and notes adorn the grounds of the Holyoke Soldiers Home in Holyoke, Mass., on April 28.

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