Iran Press/ America: The continued spread of the virus, and the continued rise in the death toll, comes as political leaders seek to reopen parts of the country.
But stay-at-home orders remain in effect in many states, Americans have been told to wear face coverings in public and true normalcy remains a distant vision.
The outbreak in this country, which now has the highest number of known cases in the world, has exploded over the last two months.
At the start of March, with extremely limited testing available, only 70 cases had been reported in the United States, most of them tied to overseas travel. Since late March, more than 20,000 new cases have been announced each day. The number of known cases in the country now exceeds the combined populations of Wyoming and Minneapolis.
As of Thursday evening, at least 1,073,760 people across every state, plus Washington, D.C., and four US territories, have tested positive for the virus, according to a New York Times database.
American life has been fundamentally reordered because of the virus. Concerts, graduations, and proms have been called off.
Some governors have imposed quarantine requirements on Americans who cross state lines. And even as portions of the country begin to reopen, officials have warned that the return to communal life would come in stages and that the virus could surge anew in the months ahead.
While the number of lives lost in the US during the pandemic and the US death toll in that war are roughly the same now, the death rate from the Coronavirus in America is considerably higher. It now stands at about 17.6 deaths per 100,000 inhabitants, as CNN reported.
During 1968, the deadliest year for the US in Vietnam, the death toll of 16,899 occurred at about half the pandemic's rate 8.5 troops were killed for every 100,000 US residents.
The pandemic has also been marked by nationwide death tolls surpassing 2,000 on six days this month. The highest daily toll for Americans fighting in the Vietnam War was on Jan. 31, 1968, when 246 US personnel were killed during the Tet Offensive.
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