nprnews_____ = ||| lubuntu at wor5|||COVID-19 Deaths Top 1 Million. How These 5 Countries Are Driving the Pandemic||| kickerpage = |||no kicker pagenpr for NPRNEWS||| summarynpr = |||Nine months after the first reported fatality in China last January, the world has hit a sobering milestone.

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COVID-19 Deaths Top 1 Million. How These 5 Countries Are Driving the Pandemic






Relatives mourn a family member who passed away from COVID-19 during a mass burial of pandemic victims at the Parque Taruma cemetery in Manaus, Brazil.



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COVID-19 Deaths Top 1 Million. How These 5 Countries Are Driving the Pandemic



Nine months after the first reported fatality in China last January, the world has hit a sobering milestone.