The worldwide coronavirus death toll reached 6 million early Monday as the pandemic enters its third year, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University.
As of 5 a.m. EST Monday, the global death tally was 6,000,097, including 958,621 in the United States – more than any other country, the university reported. Brazil had the second-highest number of deaths with 652,438, followed by India with 515,102, Russia with 349,850 and Mexico with 319,859.
The news came as the rate of new coronavirus deaths appeared to be declining globally and domestically, according to The New York Times. As of Sunday, the world was averaging 7,175 new deaths per day, down 30% in the past two weeks, the newspaper reported. Meanwhile, the U.S. average was 1,510 new deaths per day, down 31% in 14 days.
As for case count, the world averaged about 1,483,500 new infections per day – a decrease of 19% in the past two weeks, the newspaper reported. The U.S. average hovered around 44,386 cases per day – a decline of about 57% over the 14-day period.
Also on Sunday, Oxford University’s Our World in Data project reported that so far, 63.3% of the global population has received at least one dose of a coronavirus vaccine, compared with just 13.6% of the population in low-income countries. In the U.S., about 76.4% of residents have received at least one vaccine dose, compared with fewer than 17% of residents in Kenya, Nigeria and Tanzania, according to the university.
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