The United States passed yet another sobering milestone in the COVID-19 pandemic as the number of 2021 coronavirus deaths surpassed the 2020 total.

美国在新冠大流行中又跨过了一个令人警醒的里程碑。数据显示，美国2021年因新冠死亡的总人数已经超过了2020年的总死亡人数。

According to the latest available data from Johns Hopkins University, the US has reached at least 770,691 COVID-19 deaths over the full course of the pandemic.

根据约翰斯•霍普金斯大学的最新统计数据，在新冠大流行的整个过程中，美国至少有770691人死于新冠病毒。

Data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention indicate that the total number of deaths involving COVID-19 in 2020 was 385,343.

而美国疾病控制与预防中心的数据显示，2020年因新冠死亡的总人数为385343人。

That means that at least 385,348 COVID-19 deaths - more than the 2020 total - have so far been recorded in 2021, and that number will only rise in the days and weeks to come.

这意味着，到目前为止，2021年美国至少有385348人死于新冠，已经超过2020年的死亡总数，且这一数字在未来几天或几周内只会继续上升。