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Covid-19 Deaths This Year Have Already Eclipsed 2020's Toll
https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/medical/covid-19-deaths-this-year-have-already-eclipsed-2020s-toll/ar-AAKUG3Y?li=BBnb7Kz

It took less than six months for the globe to record more than 1.88 million Covid-19 deaths this year, according to a Wall Street Journal analysis of data collected by Johns Hopkins University. The university’s count for 2021 edged just ahead of the 2020 death toll on Thursday. The numbers collected by Johns Hopkins reflect official counts of Covid-19 deaths from nations around the world, adding up to a global tally that recently topped 3.7 million.

The current burden of Covid-19 marks a reversal for rich and poor nations. At the turn of the year, Europe and North America accounted for 73% of daily cases and 72% of daily deaths as the virus roared back during fall and winter. Now, South America, Asia and Africa account for more than 80% of daily cases and three-quarters of daily deaths, according to a Wall Street Journal analysis of figures compiled by the University of Oxford’s Our World in Data project.

In South America, Peru, the country with the world’s highest per capita death rate, recently announced a revised tally showing more than 94,000 deaths so far this year, surpassing the 93,000 deaths in 2020. Brazil’s average daily death toll topped 3,100 in mid-April this year, equivalent to 130 deaths per hour and nearly triple the peak rate seen last year. Almost 60% of the nation’s roughly 480,000 Covid-19 deaths have come this year.

Dr. Jha said: “In India, I have no doubt that the real total may be double the official number”..