Covid ‘not going away’, WHO warns as death toll this year crosses 10 lakh
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all the more so tragic given that we have the tools that can actually prevent these deaths," she told a live interaction on the WHO's social media channels. "A lot of us have become numb to the numbers." Also Read: Covid an endemic in this state: How infections, symptoms will look like now "We need a reality check.
We really need to take stock of where we are. We should not be in a position with 14,000 or 15,000 people dying every week. We just shouldn't." Van Kerkhove insisted that the pandemic was not over, but it could be brought to an end while people continue to live their daily lives. "We just need to put a little extra thought into that, of being a bit more careful," she said. "A lot of people are talking about living with Covid.
But we need to live with this responsibly. "A million deaths this year is not living with Covid. Having 15,000 deaths per week is not living with Covid-19 responsibly." Nearly 6.45 million deaths have been reported to the WHO since the virus was first detected in China in late 2019.
United States
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Cases: 46 252 513
Deaths: 750 423
Recovered: 0
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India
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Cases: 34 321 025
Deaths: 459 652
Recovered: 0
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Brazil
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Cases: 21 835 785
Deaths: 608 235
Recovered: 0
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United Kingdom
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Cases: 9 215 683
Deaths: 141 607
Recovered: 0
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Russia
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Cases: 8 494 589
Deaths: 237 619
Recovered: 0
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