More than 3,3 million people died this year from corona

Gebrejesus said that this is more deaths than in 2020 from HIV, malaria and tuberculosis

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This year, more than 3,3 million people died from the coronavirus in the world, according to the Director General of the World Health Organization (WHO) Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.

Gebrejesus said that this is more deaths than in 2020 from HIV, malaria and tuberculosis, agencies report.

"That number does not include unreported deaths from the coronavirus and millions of deaths due to disruptions in the provision of health services caused by the pandemic," he said.

According to WHO data, 271.963.258 cases of coronavirus have been confirmed worldwide since the start of the pandemic, and a total of 5.331.019 people have died.

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