coronavirusrelated deaths worldwide passed a grim milestone of 4 million on thursday according to a reuters tally as many countries struggle to procure enough vaccines to inoculate their populationswhile the number of new cases and deaths have abated in countries like the united states and britain several nations have vaccine shortages as the delta variant becomes the dominant strain around the worldit took over a year for the covid19 death toll to hit 2 million while the next 2 million were recorded in just 166 days according to a reuters analysisthe top five countries by total number of deaths the united states brazil india russia and mexico represent about 50 of all deaths in the world while peru hungary bosnia the czech republic and gibraltar have the highest death rates when adjusted for population graphic on global cases and deaths in latin america are facing their worst outbreak since march with 43 of every 100 infections in the world being reported in the region according to a reuters analysis the top nine countries reporting the most deaths per capita over the last week were all in latin americahospitals in bolivia chile and uruguay are largely seeing covid19 patients between the ages of 25 and 40 as the trend toward younger patients continued in brazils sao paulo 80 of intensive care units icu occupants are covid19 patientssoaring deaths are straining the operating capacity of crematoriums in developing nations and gravediggers in several countries have been forced to expand cemeteries with row after row of new tombsindia and brazil are the countries reporting the most deaths each day on a sevenday average and are still troubled with cremation woes and lack of burial space india accounts for one in every three deaths reported worldwide each day according to a reuters analysismany health experts believe that official death toll to be undercounted globally with the world health organization who last month estimating fatalities to be much higherlast week the indian state of bihar raised its covid19 death toll sharply higher after the discovery of thousands of unreported cases lending weight to concerns that indias overall death tally is significantly more than the official figureas poorer nations struggle to inoculate their populations due to vaccine shortages wealthier countries have been urged to donate more to control the pandemicthe primary issue in the americas is vaccine access not vaccine acceptance pan american health organization director carissa etienne said wednesday urging donor countries to send shots as soon as possiblethe group of seven g7 rich nations had pledged to provide 1 billion covid19 vaccinations to help poorer countries vaccinate their populations