The global death toll from COVID-19 topped 3 million Saturday, according to John Hopkins University researchers, as nations around the world struggled with worsening surges in new cases.
April 17 (UPI) — The global death toll from COVID-19 topped 3 million Saturday, according to John Hopkins University researchers, as nations around the world struggled with worsening surges in new cases. Pandemic-related deaths surpassed the grim milestone in an update issued by the university’s disease trackers at around 5:30 a.m. EDT, three months after the COVID-19 death toll topped the 2 million mark. The number of cases worldwide since March 2020 surpassed 140 million, they reported. The 3 millionth death came just hours after head of the World Health Organization warned that infections were approaching their highest rates since the start of the pandemic. “Around the world, cases and deaths are continuing to increase at worrying rates,” WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said during a briefing Friday.
