The global death toll from Covid-19 has passed 4m confirmed cases, as the virus continues to ravage countries with low vaccination coverage.
The number of people killed by the virus has increased at a quickening pace over the course of the pandemic, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University. One million Covid deaths were recorded in the past two and a half months alone, yet it took nine months to reach the 1m death mark.
The rollout of more than 3.3bn vaccine doses globally has stemmed the daily death toll in recent months, with about 7,900 deaths recorded every day, compared with more than 18,000 a day in January.
您已閱讀20%（633字），剩餘80%（2606字）包含更多重要資訊，訂閱以繼續探索完整內容，並享受更多專屬服務。