The number of people who have died from Covid-19 around the world surpassed five million early Monday, according to data held by the Johns Hopkins University Coronavirus Resource Center
The number of people who have died from Covid-19 around the world has surpassed five million, according to data held by the Johns Hopkins University Coronavirus Resource Center.
JHU's global tally of deaths reached 5,000,425 at 4:50 a.m. ET on Monday. It reports that 197,116 people have died of Covid-19 worldwide in the past 28 days. The number of coronavirus cases officially reported globally stands at 246.7 million since it was first detected in the Chinese city of Wuhan in late 2019. Last Thursday, the World Health Organization warned global cases and deaths are increasing for the first time in two months.
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