More Americans have now died from coronavirus than were killed in the Vietnam War, with cases topping a million. Some 58,220 US servicemen lost their lives in the conflict, which raged from 1955 to 1975.
The US death toll since the first coronavirus death recorded on February 29 reached 58,233 on Tuesday, up more than 2,000 from the prior day, according to a Reuters tally.
US cases have doubled in 18 days and make up one-third ofall infections in the world, according to the tally. The actual number of cases is thought to be higher, with state public health officials cautioning that shortages of trained workers and materials have limited testing capacity.