US coronavirus deaths top 80,000 and hit 1.3 million as it's revealed a third of fatalities were in nursing homes

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Coronavirus deaths top 80,000The number of people who have died of the coronavirus in the US has now topped 80,000, while the number of cases in the country hits 1.3 million.

On Sunday, the death toll reachedĀ 80,308, and it has been revealed nursing home residents and workers now account for a third of these fatalities.

A New York Times database shows that at least 25,600 residents and workers at US nursing homes or long-term care facilities for the elderly have died from coronavirus as of Saturday.

More thanĀ 143,000 people were infected with coronavirus at about 7,500 facilities, according to statistics gathered by the newspaper.

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