In this article by BBC News, the author outlines the milestones of the COVID-19 virus since it began last fall in Wuhan, China. Very recently, the death toll of the virus has reached the milestone of 1 Million people worldwide. The beginning of January, China released news of their first confirmed COVID-19 death. By the end of January, there were over 100 COVID-19 deaths reported. Skip ahead of March 20th and the death toll reaches 10,000 deaths, worldwide. Many world leaders tried to make restrictions and laws to keep their people safe. Despite these measure the virus continued to spread. By the end of June, there were half a million deaths due to the virus. Yesterday, September 28th, 2020, the COVID-19 death toll hit 1 Million.
By: Cooper Hoffmann
Article Link: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-54337098
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