According to NBC, on October 5, to commemorate the 700,000 people who died of covid-19 in the United States, washington national cathedral began to ring the bell 700 times since 5 p.m. on the same day.
Church officials said that each bell represented 1,000 people who died of the new crown, and the total of 700 bells lasted about 70 minutes. The bell ringing process was broadcast live.
According to the statistics of Johns Hopkins University in the United States, on October 1, local time, the cumulative number of deaths from new crown pneumonia in the United States exceeded 700,000.
As of press time (6:22 p.m. Beijing time on October 6), the number of deaths due to new crown pneumonia in the United States has reached 705326, in addition, the cumulative number of confirmed cases of new crown pneumonia in the United States has reached 43952140 cases.
Earlier, according to the Washington Post, in June this year, the Washington National Cathedral also rang 600 bells in one hour, commemorating the 600,000 people who died in the United States in the new crown pneumonia epidemic at that time.