Global Covid-19 death toll passes 3 million as cases surge (cnn.com)
More than three million people globally have died of Covid-19 since the start of the pandemic, Johns Hopkins University said on Saturday.
With 566,224 deaths, the US has the highest number of fatalities, followed by Brazil with 368,749 and Mexico with 211,693.
The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Monday the pandemic was at a "critical point" and warned that the world needed a reality check. After a brief decrease in March, the number of deaths worldwide is on the rise again, with an average of approximately 12,000 deaths, approaching the 14,500 daily death toll (7-day rolling average) recorded at the end of January.
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