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Global death toll from coronavirus tops 9,000: AFP tally
PARIS, March 19, 2020 (BSS/AFP) – The coronavirus pandemic has killed more
than 9,000 people across the globe, according to an AFP tally Thursday based
on official sources.
A total of 9,020 deaths were recorded as of 1100 GMT, with 4,134 in Europe
and and 3,416 in Asia, where the outbreak first emerged in China in December.
With 712 more deaths reported in the past 24 hours and a total of 90,293
cases, Europe is now the region where COVID-19 is spreading the most rapidly.
BSS/AFP/ARS/1737 hrs