Global coronavirus death toll tops 2 million: U.S. tally

The global death toll from the coronavirus pandemic has exceeded 2 million amid an accelerating pace of fatalities, a tally by Johns Hopkins University of the United States showed Friday.The death toll from COVID-19, the respiratory disease caused by the novel coronavirus, has doubled in about three and a half months since it passed the 1 million mark on Sept. 29.The latest data indicate that the world health crisis has become more severe despite efforts by countries around the globe to prevent the spread of the virus by shutting down businesses, restricting travel, tightening border contro…READ FULL ARTICLE