WATCH: Members of Congress hold moment of silence for 900,000 U.S. COVID deaths

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi lead a moment of silence on the steps of the U.S. Capitol Monday evening to remember the more than 900,000 American lives lost due to COVID-19.

Watch the event in the player above.

Pelosi was joined by Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and a bipartisan gathering of House and Senate lawmakers for the observance.

The U.S. Army Chorus performed “Shall We Gather at the River” and “God Bless America.”

Deaths due to COVID-19 are still running high at more than 2,400 per day on average, the most since last winter.

However, the number of deaths reflects a lag between when victims become infected and when they die.

Nationwide, new COVID-19 cases per day have plunged by more than a half-million since mid-January, when they hit a record-shattering peak of more than 800,000.

Cases have been declining in 47 states over the past two weeks, according to data from Johns Hopkins University.

Also, the number of Americans in the hospital with COVID-19 has fallen 24 percent since mid-January to about 111,000.

Shortly before lawmakers held their observance, the Washington National Cathedral tolled its funeral bell 900 times to mark the grim milestone.