COVID roundup: India’s record cases, no masks in Israel

Record cases being reported across the world but some good news from Australia and Israel.

Globally, more than three million people have now died from the coronavirus. The number of lives lost, as compiled by Johns Hopkins University, is about equal to the population of Kyiv (Ukraine), Caracas (Venezuela) or Lisbon (Portugal). It is higher than Chicago’s population of 2.7 million and equivalent to Philadelphia and Dallas combined. The vaccination campaigns are speeding up but rising cases have forced new lockdowns and restrictions around the world.