Health experts, however, believe that the John Hopkins tally falls short of showing the true tragedy of the pandemic. Authorities in Italy and Spain, with over 60,000 combined deaths, have acknowledged that their death count is larger than the story the numbers tell. Expand Close Newly dug, empty graves fill the Sao Luiz cemetery where victims will be buried in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Brazil’s last official numbers recorded over 34,000 virus-related deaths, the third-highest toll in the world behind the US and Britain. Russia remained troubling, with nearly 9,000 new cases over the past day, roughly in line with numbers reported over the past week.

Source: Irish Independent June 07, 2020 09:45 UTC