World COVID 19 Deaths Hit 6 Million as Omicron Leaves a Scar

• More than 6 million people have died from COVID 19 since the pathogen became a global menace 2 years ago

• COVID 19 deaths would have been worse but the release of vaccines have cushioned the effect

• Reports reveal that thousands of people die from the disease daily as billion of people remain unvaccinated

Global COVID 19 deaths have hit 6 million, only two years after the novel pathogen began spreading across the world.

Records however show that the last 1 million deaths have come more slowly than previous intervals.

According to a John Hopkins report, it took about 125 days to go from 5 million deaths to 6 million, compared to 117 days taken to hit the 5-million mark from 4 million.

The recent death rate is similar to what was experienced during the emergence of the pandemic in the first year.

Despite the recent success against the disease, Covid continues to kill thousands of people every day.

This is as billions of people remain unvaccinated either due to unwillingness to receive or inaccessibility of the vaccine.

The United States contributed most to the last 1 million deaths, with more than 16% of the fatality. Brazil had 11% of the total, while India was responsible for 9%.

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Five countries- USA, Brazil, India, Russia, and Mexico account for nearly half (47%) of the last 1 million deaths.

According to the NCDC, Nigeria has recorded 3,142 COVID 19 deaths in total, with no death recorded since February 18.

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