Photos: Covid-19 deaths cross one million globally

By HT Correspondent

Updated On Sept 28, 2020 11:06 am IST

On September 27, global Covid-19 fatalities crossed one million. Worldwide, at least 1,002,131 people have died due to coronavirus disease (Covid-19) from more than 33 million infections, according to virus tracker Worldometer. United States of America, India and Brazil are the worst hit countries accounting for nearly 55% of all cases and over 44% of all deaths in the world.

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A view of a burial site for people who died of coronavirus disease (Covid-19) at Keputih cemetery in Surabaya, Indonesia on September 26. Deaths due to Covid-19 around the world crossed the 1 million mark on September 27. (Juni Kriswanto / AFP)

Updated on Sept 28, 2020 11:06 am IST

A view of a burial site for people who died of coronavirus disease (Covid-19) at Keputih cemetery in Surabaya, Indonesia on September 26. Deaths due to Covid-19 around the world crossed the 1 million mark on September 27. (Juni Kriswanto / AFP)

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Relatives pray at the tomb of a Covid-19 victim at the General Cemetery in La Paz, Bolivia on September 23. The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned that the virus could claim another million before it is brought under control, a reminder of the unprecedented human toll exacted by a crisis that has shown little signs of relenting. (Juan Karita / AP)

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Relatives pray at the tomb of a Covid-19 victim at the General Cemetery in La Paz, Bolivia on September 23. The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned that the virus could claim another million before it is brought under control, a reminder of the unprecedented human toll exacted by a crisis that has shown little signs of relenting. (Juan Karita / AP)

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Spanish flags set up in memory of Covid-19 victims at a park in Madrid, Spain on September 27. “Unless we do it all, (2 million deaths) ... is not only imaginable, but sadly very likely,” Mike Ryan, head of the UN agency’s emergencies programme said at a press briefing on September 25, Reuters reported. (Sergio Perez / REUTERS)

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Spanish flags set up in memory of Covid-19 victims at a park in Madrid, Spain on September 27. “Unless we do it all, (2 million deaths) ... is not only imaginable, but sadly very likely,” Mike Ryan, head of the UN agency’s emergencies programme said at a press briefing on September 25, Reuters reported. (Sergio Perez / REUTERS)

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Rosario Carrillo (L), poses for a photograph with her daughter Daniela, next to the tomb of sister Paula Sebastian, who died due to COVID-19, at Martires 19 de Julio, in Comas, Peru on September 25. Overall, there are at least 33 million confirmed infections across the globe, according to worldometers.info. (Rodrigo Abd / AP)

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Rosario Carrillo (L), poses for a photograph with her daughter Daniela, next to the tomb of sister Paula Sebastian, who died due to COVID-19, at Martires 19 de Julio, in Comas, Peru on September 25. Overall, there are at least 33 million confirmed infections across the globe, according to worldometers.info. (Rodrigo Abd / AP)

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Cemetery workers place the coffin of Jose de Arimateia, 65, who died of Covid-19, into a niche at the municipal cemetery in Nova Iguacu, Brazil on September 24. Three countries – the United States, India and Brazil – have been the worst hit, recording more than 17 million infections between them, and together accounting for nearly 55% of all cases and over 44% of all deaths in the world. (Silvia Izquierdo / AP)

Updated on Sept 28, 2020 11:06 am IST

Cemetery workers place the coffin of Jose de Arimateia, 65, who died of Covid-19, into a niche at the municipal cemetery in Nova Iguacu, Brazil on September 24. Three countries – the United States, India and Brazil – have been the worst hit, recording more than 17 million infections between them, and together accounting for nearly 55% of all cases and over 44% of all deaths in the world. (Silvia Izquierdo / AP)

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A coffin placed outside an ambulance during the funeral of a Covid-19 victim at ITO Graveyard in New Delhi, India on September 27. India has recorded 94,503 Covid-19 deaths as of September 27 and is fast approaching the 100,000 mark by adding an average of 1,109 deaths a day in the past week. (Sanchit Khanna / HT Photo)

Updated on Sept 28, 2020 11:06 am IST

A coffin placed outside an ambulance during the funeral of a Covid-19 victim at ITO Graveyard in New Delhi, India on September 27. India has recorded 94,503 Covid-19 deaths as of September 27 and is fast approaching the 100,000 mark by adding an average of 1,109 deaths a day in the past week. (Sanchit Khanna / HT Photo)

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Relatives of Tranquilino Ruiz Cabrera, who died of Covid-19 are seen mourning during his burial at Asuncions’s Recoleta Cemetery, in Paraguay on September 22. (Jorge Saenz / AP)

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Relatives of Tranquilino Ruiz Cabrera, who died of Covid-19 are seen mourning during his burial at Asuncions’s Recoleta Cemetery, in Paraguay on September 22. (Jorge Saenz / AP)

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A gravedigger works at the San Miguel Xico cemetery in Mexico City on September 24. The over 1 million deaths attributed to the coronavirus in nine months are far more than the 690,000 from AIDS or the 400,000 from malaria in all of 2019. They’re just behind the 1.5 million from tuberculosis, the AP reports. (Pedro Pardo / AFP)

Updated on Sept 28, 2020 11:06 am IST

A gravedigger works at the San Miguel Xico cemetery in Mexico City on September 24. The over 1 million deaths attributed to the coronavirus in nine months are far more than the 690,000 from AIDS or the 400,000 from malaria in all of 2019. They’re just behind the 1.5 million from tuberculosis, the AP reports. (Pedro Pardo / AFP)

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