Breaking: COVID-19 deaths in US exceed 100,000

The number of deaths from Coronavirus in the United States has surpassed a tragic milestone of 100,000.

The U.S. reached the grim milestone according to a count by Johns Hopkins University.

Despite the large number of cases and deaths, a new poll released Wednesday by The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research shows only half of Americans would get a COVID-19 vaccine if scientists create one.

Meanwhile, U.S. officials are pushing hard to reopen even as more than a dozen states are still seeing increasing new cases. Georgia, Alabama, Arkansas, South Carolina are among states with some of the least restrictive guidelines for reopening, and where coronavirus cases are increasing.