New COVID death milestone a concern for global economies

The global death toll from COVID-19 has now passed four million

Over the past year-and-a-half, official sources by Johns Hopkins University have found the number of people who have died from COVID is equal to the number of people killed in battle in all of the world’s wars since 1982.

This toll is also three times the number of people killed in traffic accidents every year – which for context is the population LA

The 4 million death toll is believed to be an undercount due to overlooked cases

That means, there actually are more deaths to the virus that have not been counted.

But in better news, the rate of deaths per date has plummeted since the introduction of the vaccine.

Vaccine Rollout vs Continued Lockdowns

Many nations across the world are right not in the middle of rolling out the COVID vaccine to citizens. Vaccinations produced by Pfizer, Moderna, AstraZeneca and Johnson and Johnson are being used in the inoculation phase.

The US has already vaccinated 330m people, while other nations aren’t too far behind.

But while others are seeing the light at the end of the tunnel, other countries are still in lockdown or entering restrictions yet again.

Australia is again going battling the virus, with many states in lockdown

Greater Sydney’s lockdown has been extended by seven days, with a threat of even tougher restrictions in the city’s southwest.

Vietnam enters another lockdown

Nine million people in Ho Chi Minh City have been ordered into lockdown, again. The commercial hub continues to struggle to contain the most serious COVID-19 outbreak so far.