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- COVID death toll globally now tops 5 million
- USA has most deaths (officially recorded, so take with a caveat) at 745,000-plus
- Global death toll is the population of LA and San Francisco combined, and more than all combatants killed in all wars since 1950
- COVID is now the third leading cause of death worldwide, trailing only heart disease and stroke: higher than cancer
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COVID-19's global death toll tops 5 million in under 2 years
The global death toll from COVID-19 has topped 5 million, nearly two years into a crisis that has not only devastated poor countries but also humbled wealthy ones with first-rate health care systems.
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