Coronavirus Update: More than 3 million people have died of COVID-19 and more than 140 million have been infected

The global death toll from the coronavirus-borne illness COVID-19 climbed above 3 million on Saturday and the case tally rose above 140 million, a day after the World Health Organization warned that cases have almost doubled in the last two months, and are now approaching the highest rate seen since the start of the pandemic.