Coronavirus has now killed more than 2 million people worldwide: "A heart-wrenching milestone"

The coronavirus has now killed more than 2 million people worldwide since the outbreak emerged in China in December 2019, according to a tally from Johns Hopkins University. The United States, with about 4% of the world's population, has reported about one-fifth of all reported deaths globally.

About 1 million people worldwide have died from coronavirus-related complications in the past three and a half months. On Thursday, 15,404 new deaths and 752,723 new cases were recorded worldwide.

In a statement, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres called the 2 million deaths...