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True toll likely much higher as world passes six million deaths with COVID-19

Patients at a temporary holding area outside Caritas Medical Centre in Hong Kong

Patients at a temporary holding area outside Caritas Medical Centre in Hong Kong Source: AP / Vincent Yu/AP

The global number of deaths with COVID-19 reaches six million as many countries begin re-opening their economies.


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By Brooke Young

Source: SBS News



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The global number of deaths with COVID-19 reaches six million as many countries begin re-opening their economies.



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