Covid: US passes 400,000 virus deaths as Europe battles surge January 19, 2021 at 05:24PM

President-elect Joe Biden led a moving tribute Tuesday for US coronavirus victims - now more than 400,000 - as European nations battled record daily fatalities and fear spread of new virus strains. The pace of the pandemic has picked up with 100,000 deaths in the past month alone. "Let us shine the lights in the darkness along the sacred pool of reflection and remember all who we lost," said Biden.