GRIM REALITY: Officers, wearing protective suits, transport coffins in Ponte San Pietro, near Bergamo, Northern Italy. The Italian Army has been brought in to ferry coffins out of Bergamo and its province, amongst Italy's most plagued towns, as its morgue and its crematorium struggle to cope with the surging coronavirus death toll. Image: Emanuele Cremaschi
More than 662,700 people have been infected by the novel coronavirus across the world and 30,751 have died.
Infections have been reported in more than 200 countries and territories since first cases were identified in China in December 2019.
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Worldwide Covid-19 deaths exceed 30,000
Image: Emanuele Cremaschi
More than 662,700 people have been infected by the novel coronavirus across the world and 30,751 have died.
Infections have been reported in more than 200 countries and territories since first cases were identified in China in December 2019.
In the public interest, none of our coronavirus news coverage will be behind our paywall. It is available free for all to read. If you would like to support our mission of delivering award-winning, independent local news, please consider taking out a subscription by clicking here.
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