The global death toll from COVID-19 topped two million on Friday, according to figures compiled by Johns Hopkins University and quoted by The Associated Press.

The milestone was reached just over a year after the coronavirus was first detected in the Chinese city of Wuhan.

(Arutz Sheva’s North American desk is keeping you updated until the start of Shabbat in New York. The time posted automatically on all Arutz Sheva articles, however, is Israeli time.)


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