Two million people around the world are now known to have died from contracting COVID-19.
And despite the rollout of vaccines in the US, the death toll is expected to climb dramatically in coming weeks.
In Los Angeles county, health officials say the virus is killing one person every eight minutes.
And as Al Jazeera's Rob Reynolds reports, patients are waiting hours for hospital beds to become available.
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