Coronavirus: Global death toll passes 'agonising milestone' of one million

The number of deaths from Covid-19 has passed one million (Martin Meissner/AP)

The loss of one million people to coronavirus is an "agonising milestone" that has been made worse by the "savageness of this disease", United Nations secretary-general Antonio Guterres said.

In a statement released after the global death toll from the pandemic crossed one million, Mr Guterres called it a "mind-numbing figure".