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MARCH 7, 2022
BY SALVADOR RIZZO AND FENIT NIRAPPIL
Worldwide deaths from COVID-19 surpassed 6 million on Monday, a grim reminder of the coronavirus’s lethality as many countries relax masking or vaccination requirements.
Even as vaccination rates rose in parts of the world, the daily average of COVID deaths stood at 9,000 during the last 28 days, according to data from Johns Hopkins University.
About 4% of all COVID deaths worldwide were recorded in the last month. Experts say that the 6 million total — the first deaths from the virus were reported in early 2020 — is most likely an undercount and that the public should remain on guard.
“Americans need to understand the sooner we get the world vaccinated, the better it will be,” said Carlos del Rio, global health professor at Emory University’s Rollins School of Public Health. “We are still seeing over 1,000 deaths a day in the U.S. That’s an unacceptably high number.” ...
BY SALVADOR RIZZO AND FENIT NIRAPPIL
Worldwide deaths from COVID-19 surpassed 6 million on Monday, a grim reminder of the coronavirus’s lethality as many countries relax masking or vaccination requirements.
Even as vaccination rates rose in parts of the world, the daily average of COVID deaths stood at 9,000 during the last 28 days, according to data from Johns Hopkins University.
About 4% of all COVID deaths worldwide were recorded in the last month. Experts say that the 6 million total — the first deaths from the virus were reported in early 2020 — is most likely an undercount and that the public should remain on guard.
“Americans need to understand the sooner we get the world vaccinated, the better it will be,” said Carlos del Rio, global health professor at Emory University’s Rollins School of Public Health. “We are still seeing over 1,000 deaths a day in the U.S. That’s an unacceptably high number.” ...
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