UN's Guterres marks 1 million COVID-19 deaths

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres marked an "agonizing milestone" as the global death toll from the COVID-19 pandemic surpassed one million deaths.

"It's a mind-numbing figure. Yet we must never lose sight of each and every individual life," he in a video message tweeted early Tuesday.

Guterres urged the world to continue to fight the virus, one which Guterres says "no end in sight."

"As the relentless hunt for a vaccine continues – a vaccine that must be available and affordable to all— let's do our part to save lives. Keeping physical distance. Wearing a mask. Washing hands. As we remember so many lives lost, let us never forget that our future rests on solidarity and as people united and as united nations," he said.