nprnews_____ = ||| lubuntu at wor3|||’Enormous And Tragic’: U.S. Has Lost More Than 200, 000 People To COVID-19||| kickerpage = |||no kicker pagenpr for NPRNEWS||| summarynpr = |||The U.S. death toll has doubled since May. Some experts predict it could nearly double again before 2020 ends. “We are experiencing a tremendous amount of unnecessary suffering, ” one researcher says.

The U.S. hit a tragic milestone Tuesday, recording more than 200,000 coronavirus deaths. Here, Chris Duncan, whose 75-year-old mother, Constance, died from COVID-19 on her birthday, visits a COVID Memorial Project installation of 20,000 U.S. flags on the National Mall. The flags are on the grounds of the Washington Monument, facing the White House.

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‘Enormous And Tragic’: U.S. Has Lost More Than 200,000 People To COVID-19

The U.S. death toll has doubled since May. Some experts predict it could nearly double again before 2020 ends. “We are experiencing a tremendous amount of unnecessary suffering,” one researcher says.