The global death toll from Covid-19 topped 4 million on Wednesday as the countries race to vaccinate their people against the deadly virus.
The U.S. has the world's highest reported death toll, at over 6 lakh, followed by Brazil at more than 5.2 lakh. India is at the third spot with over 4 lakh Covid deaths.
The tally of lives lost over the past year and a half is about equal to the number of people killed in battle in all of the world's wars since 1982, according to estimates from the Peace Research Institute Oslo.
The toll is three times the number of people killed in traffic accidents around the globe every year.
With the advent of the vaccine, deaths per day have plummeted to around 7,900, after topping out at over 18,000 a day in January.
But in recent weeks, the mutant delta version of the virus, which was first identified in India, has set off alarms around the world.