More than 700,000 people have died of COVID-19 — with one person dying every 15 seconds on average in the last 2 weeks alone

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• As of Wednesday, 700,000 people around the world have died from COVID-19.
• According to Reuters, 5,900 people have died each day from the virus in the last two weeks alone, meaning one person has died every 15 seconds on average.
• The US, Brazil, and Mexico are currently experiencing the worst outbreaks, though European countries are also bracing for a second wave.
• The US and Brazil are pressing ahead with reopening schools and businesses despite high new daily case numbers.
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Seven hundred thousand people have now died of COVID-19 worldwide, according to Reuters and the Johns Hopkins University tracker.

An analysis of global death tolls in the past two weeks, conducted by Reuters, found that around 5,900 people died every 24 hours between July 22 and August 5.

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