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Worldwide death toll from coronavirus eclipses 1 million

In this July 11, 2020, file photo, mourners carry out the remains of loved ones following the blessing of the ashes of Mexicans who died from COVID-19 at St. Patrick’s
Cathedral in New York.
Associated Press

By A. GELLER/R. R. JAIN live, learn and work. “It’s It’s people we know,” he was at Woodstock in 1969. And the number contin-
Associated Press not just a number. It’s hu- added. “And if you don’t It is more than four times ues to mount. Nearly 5,000
NEW DELHI (AP) — The world- man beings. It’s people we have that human factor the number killed by the deaths are reported each
wide death toll from the love,” said Dr. Howard Mar- right in your face, it’s very 2004 earthquake and tsu- day on average. Parts of
coronavirus has eclipsed 1 kel, a professor of medical easy to make it abstract.” nami in the Indian Ocean. Europe are getting hit by
million, nine months into a history at the University of The bleak milestone, re- Even then, the figure is al- new outbreaks, and ex-
crisis that has devastated Michigan who has advised corded on Monday in the most certainly a vast un- perts fear a second wave
the global economy, test- government officials on U.S. by Johns Hopkins Uni- dercount because of in- in the U.S., which accounts
ed world leaders’ resolve, containing pandemics and versity, is greater than the adequate or inconsistent for about 205,000 deaths,
pitted science against poli- lost his 84-year-old mother population of Jerusalem or testing and reporting and or 1 out of 5 worldwide.
tics and forced multitudes to COVID-19 in February. Austin, Texas. It is 2 1/2 times suspected concealment
to change the way they “It’s our brothers, our sisters. the sea of humanity that by some countries. Continued on Page 2