The world's novel coronavirus death toll exceeds two million, the worldometers.info real-time statistics website reports today.
According to https://worldometers.info/coronavirus/, the COVID-19 global death toll stood at 2,003,917 at 5:15 p.m. (Macau time). The global tally of the disease amounted to 93.59 million.
The US, Brazil and India have the world's highest death rates, with 397,994, 207,160 and 151,954 fatalities respectively.
Macau has confirmed 46 COVID-19 cases with zero deaths since late January 2020. Observers have described Macau, which has a population of 680,000, as an "oasis" in the novel coronavirus pandemic. The observers have attributed Macau's spectacular success in keeping the novel coronavirus at bay to the government's strict COVID-19 prevention and control measures and the population's cooperation in the fighting the disease.
Foreigners without a Macau residency permit have been barred from the special administrative region since March. Residents have been wearing facemasks purchased by the government since early last year.
