January becomes deadliest month from Covid-19 in the US
From CNN’s Amanda Watts and Virginia Langmaid
More people were reported to have died from Covid-19 during the month of January 2021 than any other month during the pandemic.
According to Johns Hopkins University, 77,698 people have died from Covid-19 so far this month, surpassing the December 2020 total of 77,486 deaths. Here's a month-by-month breakdown of Covid-19 deaths in the US during the pandemic:
February 2020: 1 death
March 2020: 5,277 deaths
April 2020: 60,750 deaths
May 2020: 41,727 deaths
June 2020: 20,138 deaths
July 2020: 26,585 deaths
August 2020: 29,525 deaths
September 2020: 23,433 deaths
October 2020: 23,995 deaths
November 2020: 37,038 deaths
December 2020: 77,486 deaths
January 2021: 77,698 deaths so far
Remember: This month’s data is an ongoing tally and only includes Johns Hopkins University data up until this point.