The global death toll from the coronavirus eclipsed 1 million late Tuesday, nine months into a crisis that has devastated the global economy, tested world leaders' resolve, pitted science against politics and forced most of us to change the way we live, learn and work.
"It's not just a number. It's human beings. It's people we love," said Howard Markel, a professor of medical history at the University of Michigan who has advised governments on containing pandemics.
The figure, reported by Johns Hopkins University, is considered a vast undercount because of inadequate or inconsistent testing and reporting and suspected concealment by some countries.
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