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Photos: Global Covid-19 death toll exceeds 4 million
Coronavirus-related deaths worldwide passed a grim milestone of 4 million on June 17, according to a Reuters tally, as many countries struggle to procure enough vaccines to inoculate their populations. It took over a year for the COVID-19 death toll to hit 2 million, while the next 2 million were recorded in just 166 days, according to a Reuters analysis.
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A relative of Marco Antonio Carillo, 48, who died of Covid-19 according to his family, plays the guitar during his burial at the "Martires 19 de Julio" cemetery on June 1 in Lima, Peru. Deaths from the coronavirus have exceeded 4 million as on June 17, Reuters reported citing a tally by the news agency.(Angela Ponce / Getty Images)
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Cleaners from Pegasus Corporation put on protective suits before entering the Covid-19 ward at St. Marianna University Kawasaki Municipal Tama Hospital in Kawasaki, Japan on June 15. While the number of new cases and deaths have abated in countries like the United States and Britain, several nations are experiencing vaccine shortages as the Delta variant becomes the dominant strain around the world.(Yuki Iwamura / AFP)
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A family member comforts a Covid-19 coronavirus patient at the intensive care unit (ICU) of the Muhammed Ali Jinnah hospital in Kabul, Afghanistan on June 8. It took over a year for the COVID-19 death toll to hit 2 million, while the next 2 million were recorded in just 166 days, according to a Reuters analysis.(Wakil Kohsar / AFP)
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ICU doctors Maria Kopytko and Eduardo Echavarria perform CPR to a patient before he died at the Covid-19 ICU at Llavallol Hospital on June 03 in Lomas de Zamora, Buenos Aires, Argentina. The top five countries by total number of deaths – the United States, Brazil, India, Russia and Mexico – represent about 50% of all deaths in the world, while Peru, Hungary, Bosnia, the Czech Republic and Gibraltar have the highest death rates when adjusted for population.(Tomas Cuesta / Getty Images)
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A carpenter builds coffins during the Covid-19 pandemic in San Lorenzo, Paraguay, on June 16. Countries in Latin America are facing their worst outbreak since March, with 43 of every 100 infections in the world being reported in the region, according to a Reuters analysis. The top nine countries reporting the most deaths per capita over the last week were all in Latin America.(Norberto Duarte / AFP)
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Cemetery workers in protective suits carry the coffin of a Covid-19 victim to be buried at Vila Formosa cemetery on June 17 in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Hospitals in Bolivia, Chile and Uruguay are largely seeing Covid-19 patients between the ages of 25 and 40 as the trend toward younger patients continued. In Brazil's Sao Paulo, 80% of intensive care units (ICU) occupants are Covid-19 patients.(Rodrigo Paiva / Getty Images)
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