Timeline: How the US reached 500,000 COVID-19 deaths

A look at the past 12 months and how coronavirus came to exact such a devastating toll on the United States.

Unfathomable one year ago, the United States has passed the grim mark of 500,000 deaths from COVID-19. On Monday, President Joe Biden led Americans in observing a moment of silence to commemorate the grisly milestone, urging Americans to set aside partisan differences and fight the pandemic together. Here is a look back over the past 12 months and how the US reached such a devastating death toll.