By Canadian Press with files from CKPG Today

COVID-19

Global COVID-19 death toll reaches 6 million

Mar 7, 2022 | 6:17 AM

The official global death toll from COVID-19 topped six-million this morning.

The milestone recorded by Johns Hopkins University, is another reminder of the unrelenting nature of the pandemic even as some people are no longer wearing masks, travel is resuming and businesses are re-opening around the globe.

Remote Pacific islands are just now grappling with their first outbreaks, Hong Kong is battling its worst outbreak and eastern Europe is facing a spike in deaths.

COVID-19 has claimed 2,903 lives in British Columbia since the pandemic began, including 317 in the Northern Health region.

In B.C., hospitalizations continue to drop, falling to 484 on Friday. Of those people, 69 were in critical care.

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