Covid-19: Still a deadly killer

Infections and deaths, while dipping, remain high, and the evolution of the virus is unpredictable. PHOTO: REUTERS
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The coronavirus continues to be a silent killer in 2022, with an average of more than one million people infected with the virus every day this year, while another 1.17 million have died thus far.

More than 356 million people caught Covid-19 between Jan 1 and Dec 4, more than the 289 million infections in the first two years of the pandemic combined.

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