ONE MILLION COVID DEATHS
The global death toll from coronavirus doubled the number of deaths annually from malaria, and surpassed one million on Monday. CNN says that Covid-19 has killed four times as many people who died in the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami, 16 times as many people killed by the common flu in the US last winter, and more than 335 times the number of people who perished in the 9/11 attacks.
Four European states are among the top ten most affected countries, with the United Kingdom leading the European table (42,001), followed by Italy (35,851), France (31,808) and Spain (31,411).
Peru is believed to have the highest death rate by population, with more than 98 deaths per 100,000 people. Those of the US, Brazil and India account for almost half of the world's death toll.
