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    COVID-19 Death Toll Approaches 100,000 As Globe Grapples With Containment

    Just over a week ago, the death toll was roughly half what it is now. Confirmed cases of the coronavirus have been reported in nearly every country across the world.
    by Colin Dwyer Apr 10, 2020 1 minute
    Medical staff, seen at a Paris hospital Thursday, treat a patient infected with COVID-19. The worldwide death toll connected with the disease is nearing 100,000 — a startling statistic that may have seemed unthinkable just several months ago.

    Updated at 11:34 a.m. ET

    Just over a week ago, the worldwide death toll linked to the coronavirus stood at — a staggering sum for a virus that was still largely unknown to the world at the start

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