A burning pyre of a man who died due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), is seen as another one is carried for cremation at a crematorium in New Delhi, India, June 3, 2020. - REUTERS
SYDNEY/BEIJING: The death toll from COVID-19 reached half a million people on Sunday, according to a Reuters tally, a grim milestone for the global pandemic that seems to be resurgent in some countries even as other regions are still grappling with the first wave.
The respiratory illness caused by the new coronavirus has been particularly dangerous for the elderly, although other adults and children are also among the 500,000 fatalities and more than 10 million reported cases.
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