Americans sunbathed on beaches, fished from boats and strolled on boardwalks this holiday weekend, even as the US death toll from Covid-19 fast approaches 100 000.
Among the victims, drawn from obituaries and death notices in hundreds of US newspapers: Lila Fenwick, 87, the first black woman to graduate from Harvard Law; Romi Cohn, 91, saved 56 Jewish families from the Gestapo; Hailey Herrera, 25, budding therapist with a gift for empathy.
Total US cases are over 1.6 million, the highest in the world, while forecast models for possible Covid-19 deaths predict the death toll will exceed 100 000 by June 1. While Americans were largely adhering to warnings to maintain social distancing over the holiday weekend, there were notable exceptions.
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