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PBS Newshour

As U.S. COVID-19 deaths reach 200K, what have we learned?

Season 2020 Episode 277 | 4m 22s

The COVID-19 death toll in the U.S. is nearing the 200,000 mark, according to Johns Hopkins University Coronavirus Research Center. Even though the death rate is lower than it was in the spring, 850 people on average are dying every day of the disease in the country, according to the New York Times. ProPublica reporter Caroline Chen joins to discuss.

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