The death toll from the coronavirus pandemic in the United States has topped 300 000 on the same day the first vaccines against covid-19 were administered in the country, which has been the hardest hit globally in terms of cases and deaths.

The death toll from the coronavirus pandemic in the United States has topped 300 000 on the same day the first vaccines against covid-19 were administered in the country, which has been the hardest hit globally in terms of cases and deaths.