COVID-19 milestone: World races toward one million deaths, leaders plead ‘stay the course’ – By Sharon Kirkey (National Post) / Sept 23 2020
‘There is definitely evidence of increased risk-taking and growing infection rates in many countries. It’s hard to tell if that is from the pandemic fatigue or the relaxation of policies’
The United States reached a dismal milestone Tuesday, its official COVID-related death count surpassing 200,000, moving the world ever closer to one million deaths from one of the most disastrous infections the planet has seen.
As of Tuesday afternoon, the global death toll was 967,035. How do we wrap our minds around the numbers?
U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson warned Tuesday new coronavirus rules for England, which include a 10 p.m. curfew for pubs, and a plea for people to work from home again if possible, could last up to six months as the country reaches “a perilous turning point” in the pandemic. In Madrid, a quarter of hospital beds are filled with people with COVID-19 amid surging cases in Spain and large swaths of Europe, while in Canada, the country’s top doctor warned the country is at a “crossroads,” that the pandemic will surge back “faster and stronger” if people don’t minimize contacts with other human beings.
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