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US deaths in 2020 top 3 million, by far most ever counted

by Mike Stobbe
| December 22, 2020 12:09 AM

NEW YORK (AP) — This is the deadliest year in U.S. history, with deaths expected to top 3 million for the first time — due mainly to the coronavirus pandemic.

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