* The death rate for COVID-19 reached nearly 800,000 on Sunday as the Delta variant of the virus dominated over the country's rising cases in 2021
* Despite a 60 percent vaccination rate, the US has the highest number of COVID-related deaths with the toll exceeding the population of North Dakota
* COVID-related deaths were reportedly found mostly in unvaccinated patients
* The presence of the highly transmissible Omicron variant has become a a rising concern
* Dr. Anthony Fauci said an evaluation is underway to determine if a booster shot is necessary for protection against Omicron
The US death rate for COVID-19 reached nearly 800,000 on Sunday, the highest in the world, with the number killed exceeding the entire population of North Dakota.
Figures from Johns Hopkins University listed the total US death rate as 797,258 shortly before 3pm EST Sunday afternoon, with a total of 49,896,842 infections recorded so far.
That is more than the 762,062 people who live in North Dakota, and lays bare the amount of lives lost to the virus in the US.
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