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Europe’s coronavirus death toll tops 5,000: AFP tally
PARIS, March 20, 2020 (BSS/AFP) – The coronavirus pandemic has killed
more than 5,000 people in Europe, according to an AFP tally on Friday based
on official sources.
In total, there were 5,168 deaths across the continent, mostly in Italy
which is now the hardest hit country in the world with 3,405 fatalities.
Europe registered 1,034 news cases in the past 24 hours, for a total of
110,568 infections, according to the tally compiled at 1100 GMT.
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