evidence: Statement from President Joe Biden Marking One Million American Lives Lost to COVID-19 Today, we mark a tragic milestone: one million American lives lost to COVID-19. One million empty chairs around the dinner table. Each an irreplaceable loss. Each leaving behind a family, a community, and a nation forever changed because of this pandemic. Jill and I pray for each of them. [...] May God bless the one million American lives lost and their loved ones left behind.