Covid-19 pandemic claims 6 million lives globally, shows data

The United States is nearing 1 million reported deaths on its own, the largest official death toll in the world

The death toll from Covid-19 eclipsed 6 million Monday — underscoring that the pandemic, now in its third year, is far from finished.

The milestone is the latest tragic reminder of the unrelenting nature of the pandemic even as people are shedding masks, travel is resuming and businesses are reopening around the globe. The last million deaths were recorded over the last four months, according to the tally compiled by Johns Hopkins University.

That’s slightly slower than the previous million, but highlights that many countries are still struggling with the coronavirus. Remote Pacific islands, long protected from the virus by their isolation,