The official global death toll from the coronavirus pandemic surpassed 2 million on Friday, according to Johns Hopkins University.

The tragic milestone came just over a year after the first Covid-19 death was reported in Wuhan, China.

In total, 93,321,070 cases of the virus have been confirmed worldwide since the start of the pandemic.

Europe is the continent where the health crisis has proved most deadly, with 650,560 fatalities to date.

Latin America and the Caribbean have recorded 542,410 deaths, while the United States and Canada have counted 407,090.

The individual countries that have suffered the highest death counts are the United States (389,581), Brazil (207,095), India (151,918), Mexico (137,916), Britain (87,295) and Italy (81,325).

The grim milestone comes as countries around the globe battle rising infections, despite the gradual rollout of vaccination campaigns.