More than a million people around the world have now died in the coronavirus pandemic, with 33 million Covid-19 cases having been reported.
Coronavirus cases have been reported in more than 210 countries since the first cases were identified in Wuhan, China, in December, 2019.
On Sept 22, the death toll in the United States which has suffered more fatalities than any other country, passed 200,000.
India has the fastest infection ratio in the world and probably is close to becoming the country with the highest number of cases.
The nation of 1.3 billion people currently have around 5.9 million infections – second only to the US, which has recorded more than seven million.
However, India fatality rate is one of the lowest in the world, with experts saying it may be down to reasons such as it’s younger population.
Rio de Janeiro’s carnival, meanwhile, has been postponed for the first time in a century as Brazil continues to battle the second deadliest coronavirus outbreak in the world.
Israel, which in Sept became the first country to re-enter a strict national lockdown, has voted to further tighten measures after restrictions failed to bring down the infection rate.
In Africa, the World Health Organization WHO, who has said the outbreak may have passed its peak, but warned governments against complacency to avoid a second wave.
The WHO’s emergencies chief has said the number of global coronavirus deaths could reach two million before a vaccine is found and widely used.The WHO’s emergencies chief has said the number of global coronavirus deaths could reach two million before a vaccine is found and widely used.
