Speaker Pelosi marks 400K COVID deaths at Capitol

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and a few or House members walked out onto Capitol Steps Tuesday to remember 400,000 Americans who lost ir lives to COVID-19.

moment with Pelosi was among many planned across U.S., including President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris at Lincoln Memorial in Washington.

400,000-death toll, reported Tuesday by Johns Hopkins University, is greater than population of New Orleans, Cleveland or Tampa, Florida.

It's nearly equal to number of American lives lost annually to strokes, Alzheimer’s disease, diabetes, flu and pneumonia combined.

With more than 4,000 deaths recorded on some recent days - most since pandemic began - toll by week's end will probably surpass number of Americans killed in World War II.

(Im Credit: AP)