300K COVID victims mourned with DC bell toll

The Washington National Cathedral tolled its mourning bell 300 times on Tuesday to mark the deaths of 300,000 Americans due to the coronavirus pandemic.

The bell toll lasted approximately thirty minutes and was shown on a live-stream from the Chapel of St. Joseph of Arimathea, where the names of thousands of COVID victims are displayed.

The 12-ton mourning bell is tolled for every funeral that is held at the Cathedral. Nationwide, the death toll has topped 300,000, with more than 16 million confirmed infections. On average, the U.S. is seeing about 2,400 deaths and over 215,000 new cases per day.

An influential model from the University of Washington says deaths could total 502,000 by April 1, even with a vaccine.