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File Photo: Gravediggers carry a coffin during a collective burial of people that have passed away due to the coronavirus disease (Covid-19), at the Parque Taruma cemetery in Manaus, Brazil April 28, 2020. Picture taken April 28, 2020/ Reuters
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Brazil hits 82,000 Covid deaths in April, new monthly record

With 212 million people, Brazil’s death toll in the pandemic surpassed 400,000 on Thursday and it also has one of the highest mortality rates at 189 deaths per 100,000 inhabitants

An aerial view shows gravediggers wearing protective suits carrying a coffin during burial of a person who died from the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) at Vila Formosa cemetery, in Sao Paulo, Brazil, March 23, 2021. Picture taken with a drone. Reuters/Amanda Perobelli
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Brazil nears 400,000 Covid-19 deaths

Health workers wearing personal protective equipment (PPE) carry wood to prepare a funeral pyre for a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) victim during a mass cremation at a crematorium in New Delhi, India, April 26, 2021. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi
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Medical supplies flow into India as Covid-19 deaths near 200,000

Roberto Arias prepares a grave for burial at Woodlawn Cemetery during the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) outbreak in Everett, Massachusetts, US, May 27, 2020. REUTERS/Brian Snyder
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Global Covid-19 death count surpasses 3 million-mark

FILE PHOTO: Coffins that have been piling up in a church due to a high number of deaths, are seen before they are taken away by military trucks, as Italy struggles to contain the spread of coronavirus disease (Covid-19), in Seriate, Italy March 28, 2020. REUTERS/Flavio Lo Scalzo
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Pandemic hits ‘critical point’ as Europe deaths top 1m

Cemetery workers and relatives carry the coffin of a woman, who died of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19), during her funeral at the Municipal cemetery in Nezahualcoyotl, on the outskirts of Mexico City, Mexico, January 27, 2021. REUTERS/Henry Romero
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Mexico reports 2,192 new coronavirus deaths after data review

In 2 deadliest weeks, Bangladesh loses 715 lives to Covid-19
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In 2 deadliest weeks, Bangladesh loses 715 lives to Covid-19

Relatives and gravediggers walk next to the coffin of Maria de Lourdes Moreira Cruz, 58, who passed away due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), during her burial at Campo Santo cemetery in Porto Alegre, Brazil April 6, 2021. REUTERS/Diego Vara
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'A biological Fukushima': Brazil Covid-19 deaths on track to pass worst of US wave

Cemetery workers and relatives carry the coffin of a woman, who died of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19), during her funeral at the Municipal cemetery in Nezahualcoyotl, on the outskirts of Mexico City, Mexico, January 27, 2021. REUTERS/Henry Romero
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Mexico says Covid-19 deaths likely 60% higher than confirmed toll

Health workers carry the body of a man who died due to the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) for his cremation at a crematorium in New Delhi, India, June 4, 2020. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi/File Photo
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Global coronavirus deaths rise for 1st time in 6 weeks: WHO

Mourners attend a funeral amid the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) outbreak at the Woodlawn Cemetery in Everett, Massachusetts, US, May 4, 2020/ Reuters
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Bells toll for lives lost as US reaches 500,000 Covid deaths

In this March 25, 2020, file photo, patients wear personal protective equipment while maintaining social distancing as they wait in line for a Covid-19 test at Elmhurst Hospital Center, in New York. Photo: AP
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Why the US has the highest Covid-19 death toll

Mourners attend a funeral amid the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) outbreak at the Woodlawn Cemetery in Everett, Massachusetts, US, May 4, 2020/ Reuters
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US nears 500,000 Covid-19 deaths as Biden plans commemoration