Coronavirus killing one person every 15 seconds as global death toll hits a staggering 700,000
THE coronavirus is now killing one person every 15 seconds - as the global death toll passes 700,000.
"But that doesn’t mean we aren’t doing everything we can. It’s under control as much as you can control it. This is a horrible plague.” President Jair Bolsonaro has similarly faced criticism after initially attempting to play down the virus as "a little flu" and calling on regional governors to lift lockdowns while infection rates remained high.
Belgium now has the most deaths per one million people of any country in the world, with 850, while the UK is in second with 682. "Over the past week we’ve seen several countries that appeared as though they were past the worst now contending with fresh spikes in cases.
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