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Is Covid-19 merely a transatlantic epidemic? Alok Sheel © Provided by The Financial Express The Americas and Europe, on either side of the Atlantic, which account for just 23% of the global population, have had about 80% of all Covid-19 deaths so far An analysis of global Covid-19 mortality as of January 21 shows that this has now crossed the 2-million mark. It took six months for deaths to touch 1 million, but just three months more to cross 2 million. The accompanying table aggregates Covid-19 mortality data of 35 major countries at six-weekly intervals beginning March 6, 2020. The selected countries account for about 75% of the global population, and over 87% of Covid-19 deaths. It also gives the distribution of Covid-19 deaths across the five continents.

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