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Global COVID-19 deaths top 3M; India, Brazil struggle with soaring infections

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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.

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