US deaths from Covid-19 hit one million

Sara Atkins in Pennsylvania holding a pillow with an image of her father Andy Rotman-Zaid, who died of Covid-19 in December 2020 (Matt Rourke/AP)

The US death toll from Covid-19 has hit one million, less than two-and-a-half years into the outbreak.

The confirmed number of dead is equivalent to a 9/11 attack every day for 336 days.