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Photos: Worldwide Covid-19 deaths top a staggering 3 million

More than 3 million lives have been lost as a result of the novel coronavirus that emerged in 2019, with the latest 1 million recorded deaths coming even faster than the first two. The relentless pace of death from the global Covid-19 pandemic is continuing unabated despite global vaccination efforts, and is now being increasingly borne by the poorest places in the world. The real death toll from Covid-19 is likely far higher than 3 million, due to under and patchy reporting around the world.

Updated on: Apr 18, 2021 4:51 PM IST

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The remains of a woman who died from complications related to Covid-19 are placed into a niche by cemetery workers and relatives at the Inahuma cemetery in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on April 13. The global death toll from the coronavirus topped a staggering 3 million people on April 17 amid repeated setbacks in the worldwide vaccination campaign and a deepening crisis in places such as Brazil, India and France. (Silvia Izquierdo / AP)

Updated on Apr 18, 2021 4:51 PM

The remains of a woman who died from complications related to Covid-19 are placed into a niche by cemetery workers and relatives at the Inahuma cemetery in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on April 13. The global death toll from the coronavirus topped a staggering 3 million people on April 17 amid repeated setbacks in the worldwide vaccination campaign and a deepening crisis in places such as Brazil, India and France. (Silvia Izquierdo / AP)

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Messages written by loved ones and dedicated to the deceased hang from a wall at a memorial for Covid-19 victims installed outside the Basilica of Guadalupe in Mexico City on April 14. The number of lives lost, as compiled by Johns Hopkins University, is about equal to the population of Kyiv, Ukraine; Caracas, Venezuela; or metropolitan Lisbon, Portugal. (Eduardo Verdugo / AP)

Updated on Apr 18, 2021 4:51 PM

Messages written by loved ones and dedicated to the deceased hang from a wall at a memorial for Covid-19 victims installed outside the Basilica of Guadalupe in Mexico City on April 14. The number of lives lost, as compiled by Johns Hopkins University, is about equal to the population of Kyiv, Ukraine; Caracas, Venezuela; or metropolitan Lisbon, Portugal. (Eduardo Verdugo / AP)

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A Covid-19 patient uses a new non-invasive technology that can reduce the need of intubation at Centenario Hospital in Sao Leopoldo, Rio Grande do Sul state, southern Brazil on April 16. The true number of deceased is believed to be significantly higher because of under reporting and the many cases overlooked in the early stages of the outbreak that began in Wuhan, China, at the end of 2019. (Silvio Avila / AFP)

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A Covid-19 patient uses a new non-invasive technology that can reduce the need of intubation at Centenario Hospital in Sao Leopoldo, Rio Grande do Sul state, southern Brazil on April 16. The true number of deceased is believed to be significantly higher because of under reporting and the many cases overlooked in the early stages of the outbreak that began in Wuhan, China, at the end of 2019. (Silvio Avila / AFP)

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Relatives of a patient who died of Covid-19, wait to collect the dead body outside a dedicated government hospital in Ahmedabad on April 17. Worldwide, deaths are on the rise again, running at around 12,000 per day on average, and new cases are climbing too, eclipsing 700,000 a day. (Ajit Solanki / AP)

Updated on Apr 18, 2021 4:51 PM

Relatives of a patient who died of Covid-19, wait to collect the dead body outside a dedicated government hospital in Ahmedabad on April 17. Worldwide, deaths are on the rise again, running at around 12,000 per day on average, and new cases are climbing too, eclipsing 700,000 a day. (Ajit Solanki / AP)

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Patients suffering from the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) at the casualty ward in Lok Nayak Jai Prakash (LNJP) hospital, amidst the spread of the disease in New Delhi on April 15. There have been now seven consecutive weeks of increasing Covid-19 cases and four weeks of increasing deaths globally, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director-general of the World Health Organization, said last week at a health briefing. (Danish Siddiqui / REUTERS)

Updated on Apr 18, 2021 4:51 PM

Patients suffering from the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) at the casualty ward in Lok Nayak Jai Prakash (LNJP) hospital, amidst the spread of the disease in New Delhi on April 15. There have been now seven consecutive weeks of increasing Covid-19 cases and four weeks of increasing deaths globally, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director-general of the World Health Organization, said last week at a health briefing. (Danish Siddiqui / REUTERS)

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A municipal worker in personal protective suit performs last rites during the cremation of a Covid-19 victim in Vasai, outskirts of Mumbai on April 15. The WHO chief noted that several countries in Asia and the Middle East have seen large increases in cases. This is despite the fact that more than 780 million doses of vaccine have now been administered globally, he said according to ANI. (Rafiq Maqbool / AP)

Updated on Apr 18, 2021 4:51 PM

A municipal worker in personal protective suit performs last rites during the cremation of a Covid-19 victim in Vasai, outskirts of Mumbai on April 15. The WHO chief noted that several countries in Asia and the Middle East have seen large increases in cases. This is despite the fact that more than 780 million doses of vaccine have now been administered globally, he said according to ANI. (Rafiq Maqbool / AP)

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Boxes of AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine manufactured by the Serum Institute of India and provided through the global COVAX initiative arrive at the airport in Mogadishu, Somalia on March 15. The WHO recently described the vaccine supply situation as precarious. Up to 60 countries might not receive any more shots until June, by one estimate. To date, COVAX has delivered about 40 million doses to more than 100 countries, enough to cover barely 0.25% of the world’s population. (Farah Abdi Warsameh / AP)

Updated on Apr 18, 2021 4:51 PM

Boxes of AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine manufactured by the Serum Institute of India and provided through the global COVAX initiative arrive at the airport in Mogadishu, Somalia on March 15. The WHO recently described the vaccine supply situation as precarious. Up to 60 countries might not receive any more shots until June, by one estimate. To date, COVAX has delivered about 40 million doses to more than 100 countries, enough to cover barely 0.25% of the world’s population. (Farah Abdi Warsameh / AP)

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A medical worker (R) vaccinates a woman above the age of eighty with a dose of the Covid-19 Moderna vaccine on April 17 in Ussolo, Italy. Globally, about 87% of the 700 million doses dispensed have been given out in rich countries. While 1 in 4 people in wealthy nations have received a vaccine, in poor countries the figure is 1 in more than 500, AP reported. (Marco Bertorello / AFP)

Updated on Apr 18, 2021 4:51 PM

A medical worker (R) vaccinates a woman above the age of eighty with a dose of the Covid-19 Moderna vaccine on April 17 in Ussolo, Italy. Globally, about 87% of the 700 million doses dispensed have been given out in rich countries. While 1 in 4 people in wealthy nations have received a vaccine, in poor countries the figure is 1 in more than 500, AP reported. (Marco Bertorello / AFP)

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