Healthcare workers and a COVID-19 patient in the US. File photoWASHINGTON, Feb. 5 The U.S. death toll from COVID-19 has surpassed 900,000, according to Johns Hopkins University, which summarizes data from federal and local governments, as well as media and other open sources.According to the university , in the United States, 76,204,058 cases of coronavirus infection were detected, 900,334 patients died.