More than 5,000,000 people have now died with Covid worldwide

The official death toll in the UK has now topped 140,000 (Picture: Getty Images)

The global death toll from coronavirus has now reached five million, Johns Hopkins University says.

The grim milestone comes less than two years after the crisis took hold around the world.

The US, the European Union, the UK and Brazil account for nearly half of all reported deaths – despite only making up one-eighth of the world’s population and being relatively rich nations.

The US alone has recorded more than 740,000 lives lost, the highest of any nation, while the UK recently passed 140,000 official deaths.

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