Worldwide deaths related to Covid-19 surpassed 5 million on Friday, according to a Reuters tally, with unvaccinated people particularly exposed to the virulent Delta strain.<br /><br />The variant has exposed the wide disparities in vaccination rates between rich and poor nations, and the upshot of vaccine hesitancy in some western nations.<br /><br />More than half of all global deaths reported on a seven-day average were in the United States, Russia, Brazil, Mexico and India.<br /><br />- Reuters -
