Worldometer reported that the U.S. death toll from the CCP (China Communist Party) virus reached 500,000 Wednesday, with a total of 28.38 million cases. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) had a total death count of 486,466 as of 4:30 p.m. The CDC is expected to report a 500,000 death toll in the next few days. Worldometer said their number is updated constantly because they monitor daily reports released by local authorities, while “national aggregates often lag behind.” The European Union reported last week that more than 500,000 people had died there from the CCP virus. The death toll in Latin America surpassed half a million on Dec. 29, according to Reuters. The CCP virus has killed over 2.4 million people worldwide so far, data shows. The United States reached 400,000 deaths on Jan. 19, less than a year after the first death was reported. The first known deaths from …