The United States President Joe Biden has mourned the over 700,000 Americans killed by COVID-19.
Biden, on his Twitter handle on Saturday night, said: “Today, we mark another grim and heartbreaking milestone in this pandemic: over 700,000 Americans lost.”
While in a statement published on the White House website, the American President said: “To heal we must remember, and as our nation mourns the painful milestone of 700,000 American deaths due to COVID-19, we must not become numb to the sorrow.
“On this day, and every day, we remember all those we have lost to this pandemic and we pray for their loved ones left behind who are missing a piece of their soul.
“As we do, the astonishing death toll is yet another reminder of just how important it is to get vaccinated. The vaccines are safe, free, and easy—and we have made extraordinary progress in our fight against COVID-19 over the last eight months because of the vaccines. More than three-quarters of all Americans age 12 and up have now received at least one vaccine dose—including nearly 94 per cent of all seniors. Hundreds of thousands of families have been spared the unbearable loss that too many Americans have already endured during this pandemic.
“If you haven’t already, please get vaccinated. It can save your life and the lives of those you love. It will help us beat COVID-19 and move forward, together, as one nation.”
The latest figures by worldometers.info showed that the U.S. is fastly heading to another milestone of 800,000.
The country now has 719,694 deaths and 44,490,897 confirmed COVID-19 cases, the largest in the world.
