Covid-19 is now the No. 3 cause of death in the US
A disease that didn't even exist a year ago has now infected more than 5.4 million Americans and killed more than 170,000.
In fact, the US has averaged more than 1,000 coronavirus deaths per day over the past three weeks.
"Covid is now the No. 3 cause of death in the US -- ahead of accidents, injuries, lung disease, diabetes, Alzheimer's, and many, many other causes," said Dr. Thomas Frieden, a former director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The rate of deaths from Covid-19 is also much greater in the US than in many other countries," Frieden said.
"Last week, Americans were eight times more likely to get killed by Covid than were Europeans," he said.