FILE - Mourners embrace after planting a tree with the ashes of a victim lost to COVID-19 at the Paramo de Guerrero nature preserve near Cogua, Colombia, on June 27, 2021.
Photographer: Nathalia Angarita/Bloomberg via Getty Images The staggering figure is almost certainly an undercount because of limited testing and people dying at home without medical attention, especially in poor parts of the world, such as India.Hot spots have shifted over the 22 months since the outbreak began, turning different places on the world map red.
Now, the virus is pummeling Russia, Ukraine and other parts of Eastern Europe, especially where rumors, misinformation and distrust in government have hobbled vaccination efforts.