Global COVID-19 death toll could hit two million before vaccine in wide use – WHO
Geneva/Zurich, SwitzerlandReuters The global death toll from COVID-19 could double to two million before a successful vaccine is widely used and could be even higher without concerted action to curb the pandemic, an official at the World Health Organization said on Friday. “Unless we do it all, [two million deaths]…is not only imaginable, but sadly […]
Updated: Global coronavirus deaths exceed 700,000, one person dies every 15 seconds on average
Updated: 5.20pm (AEST)Reuters The global death toll from COVID-19 surpassed 700,000 on Wednesday, according to a Reuters tally, with the United States, Brazil, India and Mexico leading the rise in fatalities. Nearly 5,900 people are dying every 24 hours from COVID-19 on average, according to Reuters calculations based on data from the past two weeks. […]
Coronavirus deaths exceed quarter of a million – Reuters; WHO says Pompeo remarks on virus origin “speculative”
Reuters Global coronavirus deaths reached 250,000 on Monday after recorded infections topped 3.5 million, a Reuters tally of official government data showed, although the rate of fatalities has slowed. North America and European countries accounted for most of the new deaths and cases reported in recent days, but numbers were rising from smaller bases in […]