evidence: While much of the United States has nearly returned to life as normal, Americans received a sobering reminder Thursday about the toll the COVID-19 pandemic has taken, as the country surpassed 1 million deaths from the virus, President Joe Biden said. What You Need To Know - The United States has surpassed 1 million deaths from COVID-19, President Joe Biden said Thursday - One million lives lost — that’s roughly the population of San Jose, California, and far exceeds the number of deaths the U.S. suffered in World War I and every war since, combined - And the true death toll might be even higher — the University of Washington’s Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation estimates the number is actually 1,298,064 when unreported virus deaths are factored in - More than half of the 1 million deaths have come in the past 12 months despite vaccines being available to all American adults in that time [...] One million lives lost. That’s roughly the population of San Jose, California. It far exceeds the number of deaths the U.S. suffered in World War I and every war since — combined.