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Since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, more than five million people worldwide have died after being infected with the virus. That’s according to data released today by Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore.
The threshold of four million coronavirus deaths worldwide had been exceeded in early July. According to the U.S. researchers’ data, the number of confirmed infections now exceeds 246 million cases.
The university’s website is updated regularly with incoming data and shows a slightly higher level than the official World Health Organization (WHO) figures. In some cases, the numbers have also been revised downward again at times. According to WHO data released Friday, there have been 4.98 million confirmed deaths and about 245 million known infections so far.
“Painful new threshold”
UN Secretary-General António Guterres called the five million mark a “painful new threshold.” “It would be a mistake to think that the pandemic is over.” In Africa, he said, only five percent of the population is fully vaccinated.
At the same time, experts believe there is a high number of unreported cases in infections and deaths around the globe. The SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus can cause Covid-19 disease, which can be fatal. Deaths occur in all age groups, but the elderly and patients with weak immune systems are particularly affected.
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