Covid-19 Death Toll Tops 3,040,000 Worldwide

By Staff, Agencies

According to the Worldometers Website, the novel coronavirus claimed the lives of more than three million and forty thousand people worldwide since its outbreak in December 2019.

The website said the total number of global infections has reached up to 142,608,268, while the deaths have amounted to 3,040,798, and the recoveries have climbed to 121,022,947.

The US still tops the world’s worst affected countries in terms of infections and deaths as it has recorded 581,415deaths, out of 32,454,532 infections.

India comes second with 180,550 deaths, out of 15,314,714 infections, while Brazil comes third with 374,682 deaths out of 13,973,695 infections.