COVID-19 now officially US' deadliest pandemic as death toll crosses that of 1918-19 flu

COVID-19 is now officially US' deadliest pandemic, surpassing the estimated US fatalities from the 1918-19 influenza pandemic. Reported US deaths due to COVID-19 crossed 6,75,000, the estimated US fatalities from the 1918-19 flu. Deaths due to COVID-19 are rising at an average of more than 1,900 fatalities per day in US, according to Johns Hopkins data.