https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/04/17/worldwide-covid-19-death-toll-tops-a-staggering-3-million/

By DAVID BILLER, MARIA CHENG and JOSHUA GOODMAN

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — The global death toll from the coronavirus topped a staggering 3 million people Saturday amid repeated setbacks in the worldwide vaccination campaign and a deepening crisis in places such as Brazil, India and France.