Covid-19: Global death toll exceeds 4 million
LONDON, June 18 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Coronavirus-related deaths worldwide passed a grim milestone of 4 million on Thursday as many countries struggle to procure enough vaccines to inoculate their populations.
While the number of new cases and deaths have abated in countries like the United States and Britain, several nations have vaccine shortages as the Delta variant becomes the dominant strain around the world.
It took more than a year for the COVID-19 death toll to hit 2 million, while the next 2 million were recorded in just 166 days.
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