Europe’s COVID-19 death toll tops 1 million as new cases rise: WHO

Europe has surpassed 1 million deaths from COVID-19, a top official from the World Health Organization said Thursday.

The grim death toll comes as the 51-country region continues to see 1.6 million new cases of the bug reported each week, according to Dr. Hans Kluge. Data from Johns Hopkins University shows that nearly 3 million people have died of COVID-19 across the globe, with more than 564,000 in the US. Brazil and Mexico have also been among the hardest hit countries.