Global Covid-19 death toll hits 527,241
The novel coronavirus has killed at least 527,241 persons because the outbreak emerged in China previous December, according to a tally from official sources compiled by AFP at 1900 GMT on Saturday.
At least 11,145,640 cases of coronavirus have already been registered in 196 countries and territories. Of these, at least 5,727,400 are actually considered recovered.
The tallies, using info collected by AFP from countrywide authorities and information from the Universe Overall health Organisation (WHO), probably reflect just a fraction of using the number of infections. Various countries are testing only symptomatic or the virtually all serious cases.
The United States may be the worst-hit country with 129,584 deaths from 2,818,588 cases. At least 790,404 persons have been declared recovered.
Following the US, the hardest-hit countries are Brazil with 63,174 deaths from 1,539,081 cases, the uk with 44,198 deaths from 284,900 cases, Italy with 34,854 deaths from 241,419 cases, and France with 29,893 deaths from 203,367 cases.
The country with the highest death rate is Belgium with 84 fatalities per 100,000 inhabitants, followed by UK with 65, Spain 61, Italy 58, and Sweden 54.
China - excluding Hong Kong and Macau - must date declared 83,545 situations (three new since Fri), including 4,634 deaths and 78,509 recoveries.
Europe overall has 199,050 deaths from 2,710,595 cases, america and Canada 138,304 deaths from 2,923,905 attacks, Latin America and the Caribbean 124,355 deaths from 2,806,243 cases, Asia 37,000 deaths from 1,432,118 cases, Middle East 17,472 deaths from 811,831 cases, Africa 10,927 deaths from 451,075 cases, and Oceania 133 deaths from 9,882 cases.
Because of corrections by national authorities or late publication of data, the figures updated in the last 24 hours might not correspond exactly to the prior day's tallies. - AFP
