Health
Covid-19 deaths pass three million worldwide – BBC News
It comes as the World Health Organization warns of deaths and cases increasing at a “worrying rate”.
image captionA man weeps as his father is buried in New Delhi, India
The number of people who have died worldwide in the Covid-19 pandemic has surpassed three million, according to Johns Hopkins University.
The milestone comes the day after the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) warned the world was “approaching the highest rate of infection” so far.
India – experiencing a second wave – recorded more than 230,000 new cases on Saturday alone.
Almost 140m cases have been recorded since the…
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