World Coronavirus Dispatch: Last million global deaths came in just 3 mnths

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As Covid death toll passes 3 million, a weary world takes stock

The total number of deaths due to the deadly coronavirus has reached a staggering 3 million worldwide as countries struggle to put up with multiple waves. The global pace of deaths is accelerating, too. After the coronavirus emerged in the Chinese city of Wuhan, the pandemic claimed a million lives in nine months. It took another four months to kill its second million, and just three months to kill a million more. As the United States and other rich nations race to vaccinate their populations, new hot spots have