The Graphic Truth: Where is COVID raging right now?

Top 10 countries with the most recent COVID deaths per million people
Top 10 countries with the most recent COVID deaths per million people

The COVID delta variant — which first surfaced in India earlier this year — is spreading rampantly throughout every continent, and is now the most dominant strain globally. But low- and middle-income countries, particularly in regions where vaccines have been scarce, are bearing the brunt of the fallout from the more contagious strain. We take a look at the 10 countries now recording the highest number of daily COVID deaths (per 1 million people), and their corresponding vaccination rates.

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