World U.S. Reaches 500,000 Covid Deaths February 22, 2021February 23, 2021Lucy Tompkins, Mitch Smith, Julie Bosman and Bryan PietschComments Off on U.S. Reaches 500,000 Covid Deaths In a single year, Covid-19 became a leading cause of death in the United States, rivaling heart disease and cancer, and has driven life expectancy down sharply.