COVID deaths nearing 2 million globally; reports of US variant of virus false

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COVID deaths nearing 2 million globally; reports of US variant of virus false

Global deaths from COVID-19 are nearing 2 million, the Johns Hopkins University in the United States reports. The current death toll stands at 1,918,227 from more than 89 million confirmed cases of the disease. The US continues to...

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