Biden marked the somber milestone with a pre-recorded video message from the White House. “The pandemic isn’t over,” Biden told world leaders at the second global pandemic summit on Thursday. “Today, we mark a tragic milestone here in the United States, 1 million COVID deaths—1 million empty chairs around the family dinner table.” The coronavirus has killed more than 999,000 people in the U.S. and at least 6.2 million people globally since it emerged in late 2019, according to figures compiled by Johns Hopkins University. --- For more from KENS 5: https://www.kens5.com/ For more national news from KENS 5: https://www.kens5.com/nation-world