The United States passed the grim milestone of 200,000 deaths from COVID-19 today on the first day of fall, cases are rising nationally, and more controversies and developments continue to roil the US response.Currently, the US fatality count from COVID-19 is at 200,477 among 6,882,969 cases that have been reported, according to the Johns Hopkins online dashboard.Fatalities outpace earlier projectionsTo mark reaching the death threshold, the COVID Memorial Project this morning finished placing 20,000 American flags around the Washington Monument.
Earlier this summer, models produced for the White House coronavirus task force predicted that the US death toll could reach 169,890 by Oct 1 and that deaths would drop off in July and August