{"id":917,"date":"2020-04-29T00:22:02","date_gmt":"2020-04-28T23:22:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thedailyleaks.com\/?p=917"},"modified":"2020-04-29T00:53:49","modified_gmt":"2020-04-28T23:53:49","slug":"us-coronavirus-deaths-surpass-toll-of-americans-killed-during-vietnam-war-jhu-tracker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedailyleaks.com\/us-coronavirus-deaths-surpass-toll-of-americans-killed-during-vietnam-war-jhu-tracker\/","title":{"rendered":"US coronavirus deaths surpass toll of Americans killed during Vietnam War \u2014 JHU tracker"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The body of a deceased person is seen on a stretcher during a transfer at the Brooklyn Hospital Center, during the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the Brooklyn borough of New York City, New York, US, April 28, 2020. Brendan McDermid, Reuters<\/em><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

The number of US deaths from the novel coronavirus has surpassed the toll of Americans killed in the Vietnam War, the Johns Hopkins University tracker showed Tuesday.<\/p>\n

The pandemic has killed 58,365 people in the United States, the Baltimore-based university said.<\/p>\n

The AFP <\/strong><\/em>said according to the National Archives, 58,220 Americans were killed in combat and from other causes such as accidents during years of war in Southeast Asia.<\/p>\n

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Vietnamese authorities in Hanoi have said in their official account of the war that 1.2 million soldiers, both North Vietnamese regulars and Viet Cong guerrillas, were killed. Another 2 to 3 million civilians died, officials there say.<\/p>\n

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National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Director Dr Anthony Fauci speaking during the daily coronavirus task force briefing at the White House [Leah Millis\/Reuters file photo]<\/strong><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n
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In the battle against the coronavirus, the US death toll and number of cases — in excess of one million — far exceeds that of any other country.Communist Vietnam, a neighbor of China, has recorded 270 cases and\u00a0no deaths<\/a>, Johns Hopkins said.MORE LINKS:<\/strong><\/p>\n