Covid-19 death toll tops five million in less than two years
The global death toll from Covid-19 has topped five million, according to Johns Hopkins University, less than two years into a crisis that has not only devastated poor countries but also humbled wealthy ones with first-rate health care systems.
Together, the US, the European Union, UK and Brazil – all upper-middle- or high-income countries – account for one-eighth of the world’s population, but nearly half of all reported deaths.
The US alone has recorded over 740,000 lives lost, more than any other nation.
Mourners in Colombia (AP)
