PBS NewsHour

Mourning 5 people killed by COVID-19

It has been another devastating week in the U.S. battle against the novel coronavirus pandemic. With the national death toll above 85,000, we take a moment to share stories of five people in the U.S. killed by the disease, including a Marine veteran, a Navajo activist and a woman known as her Brooklyn community’s “universal mother.” Judy Woodruff reports.

Mourning 5 people killed by COVID-19

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