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US deaths from COVID hit 1 million, less than 2 1/2 years in

FILE - Transporter Jo Navarro, right, prepares to move a body of a COVID-19 victim to a morgue at Providence Holy Cross Medical Center in Los Angeles, Dec. 14, 2021. The U.S. death toll from COVID-19 has hit 1 million, less than 2 1/2 years into the outbreak. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File) FILE - House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Md., from left, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde of the Episcopal Diocese of Washington, are joined by members of the House on the steps of the Capitol to honor the nearly 1 million deaths in America due to the COVID-19 outbreak, in Washington, May 12, 2022. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File) Angelina Proia on Wednesday, May 11, 2022, in New York, shows a photo of her father Richard Proia, who died of COVID-19 in April 2020. She runs a support group for grieving families on Facebook and has seen it divided over vaccinations. She has booted people from the group for spreading misinformation. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews) A mobile COVID-19 testing van is open for walk-in clients in the Brooklyn borough of New York. The U.S. death toll from COVID-19 has hit 1 million, less than 2 1/2 years into the outbreak. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews) Sara Atkins poses for a photo, in Wynnewood, Pa., Tuesday, May 10, 2022, while holding a pillow with an image of her father Andy Rotman-Zaid, who died of COVID-19 in December 2020. She channels her grief into fighting for global vaccination and better access to health care to honor her father. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke) FILE - Kyree Kayoshi, his dog Kumi, and Miranda De Llano use circles marked for social distancing to help battle the COVID-19 virus as they relax at the Pearl Brewery, March 3, 2021, in San Antonio. The U.S. death toll from COVID-19 has hit 1 million, less than 2 1/2 years into the outbreak. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File) Angelina Proia, who lost her father Richard Proia to COVID-19 in April 2020, poses for a photo on Wednesday, May 11, 2022, in New York. She runs a support group for grieving families on Facebook and has seen it divided over vaccinations. She has booted people from the group for spreading misinformation. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews) FILE - Holding her mother's hand, Brianna Vivar, 14, looks away while receiving the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine from pharmacy technician Mary Tran at a vaccine clinic set up in the parking lot of CalOptima, Saturday, Aug. 28, 2021, in Orange, Calif. The U.S. death toll from COVID-19 has hit 1 million, less than 2 1/2 years into the outbreak. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File) FILE - Registered nurse Nvard Termendzhyan helps Julio Valladares, 46, change his position while treating him in a COVID-19 unit at Providence Holy Cross Medical Center in Los Angeles, Dec. 13, 2021. The U.S. death toll from COVID-19 has hit 1 million, less than 2 1/2 years into the outbreak. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File) FILE - Dr. Mher Onanyan takes a short break while waiting for an X-ray of a COVID-19 patient's lungs at Providence Holy Cross Medical Center in the Mission Hills section of Los Angeles, Dec. 22, 2020. The U.S. death toll from COVID-19 has hit 1 million, less than 2 1/2 years into the outbreak. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)