Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:21st-century_epidemics

As of May 05, 2020 - 257,000 people have died around the world.

As of July 27, 2020 - 648,000 people have died around the world. This makes COVID-19 the most deadly pandemic in the last 100 years.

As of December 16, 2020 - 1.6 million people have died around the world.