The coronavirus death toll around the world surpassed 5 million on Friday, according to Reuters’s tally.
Around the world, an average of 8,000 deaths a day were reported, according to the outlet. However, it noted that the global death rate has slowed in recent weeks.
Reuters reported that it took over a year to accumulate 2.5 million deaths, but it took under eight months to accumulate the second 2.5 million deaths.
The world reached this milestone the same day that the United States, which has the highest coronavirus death toll of any country, surpassed 700,000 deaths.
According to Reuters, Russia recorded its largest single-day death toll on Friday, with 887 coronavirus-related deaths.
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Overall, there’s been more than 234 million cases globally since the pandemic began, with 14.3 million being reported in the past 28 days, according to Johns Hopkins University. Approximately 6.3 billion coronavirus vaccine doses have also been administered.
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