Worldwide coronavirus deaths hit one million, according to latest data

27 September 2020

The number of people who have died of coronavirus around the world has passed the grim milestone of one million, according to the latest data.

So far 1,000,502 people have died, according to Worldometer, which calculates the totals from sources including governments and NGOs across the globe.

Meanwhile, Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Resource Centre, which also collates worldwide totals, has a figure just shy of the million milestone at 995,352.

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