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Sep 29, 2020, 6 tweets

More than one million people around the world have died with coronavirus

Data from Johns Hopkins University shows that deaths in the US, Brazil and India make up nearly half the total

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Experts warn the true figure is probably much higher

The pandemic has spread to 188 countries with more than 32 million confirmed cases

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"We must never lose sight of each and every individual life”

UN Secretary-General António Guterres says this is a "mind-numbing" figure and "an agonising milestone”

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From nurses to shopkeepers, doctors to bus drivers – the virus has affected families everywhere

Read tributes to some of the dearly loved people, who may have had many more years ahead of them had the pandemic not engulfed the world

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Efforts to develop an effective vaccine are continuing, but the World Health Organization warns the death toll could hit two million before one is widely available

It expects widespread vaccinations against Covid-19 to begin in mid-2021 at the earliest

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See the latest data, and discover the latest hotspots as the outbreak continues to spread globally: bbc.in/2Vob1j4

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