A CNN reporter struggled to hold back tears during a live segment on the increasing number of Covid-19 cases and fatalities.

Sara Sidner spoke at the end of a report on a grieving family who were forced to hold a funeral in a parking lot for a loved one who died from the disease.

During yesterday's segment, Sidner said, "You know, this is the tenth hospital I’ve been in and to see the way that these families have to live after this and the heartache that goes so far and so wide, it’s really hard to take."

Sidner then apologized to Alisyn Camerota, one of the news anchors in the studio. Camerota proceeded to console the distraught reporter and praised her for her work in light of the increasing death toll.

CNN reporter Sara Sidner breaks down in tears while reporting on America's Covid-19 death toll:

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She said: "We have been watching your reporting on the ground throughout this horrific year and we’ve all been struck by the grief – the collective grief – that all of us are in."

She added: "To see these families soldiering through it, who are persevering and having to have funerals in parking lots like the ones that you showed us; it’s a collective trauma that all of us are living through."

Camerota then assured her colleague that everyone appreciates the "heart" that Sidner puts into her work and referred to her reporting as "excellent".

As part of the report, Sidner spoke about the fact that Black and Latino communities are "getting hit disproportionately".

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She said, "They are taking the brunt of this, and many of those people are the people that we rely on to live our daily lives."

Sidner concluded her heartfelt report by urging people to be overly cautious just to be safe.

"If you truly love your loved ones, don’t let this be you," she said. "Continue to take all the precautions. Take extra precautions. Exaggerate if you have to."

According to the Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Resource Center, there has been 91,771,125 global cases of Covid-19, and 1,966,082 Covid-related deaths around the world.

In the USA alone, there has been 22,846,795 confirmed cases and 380,796 deaths.

CNN reporter breaks down in tears while reporting on America's Covid-19 death toll