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HEALTH-VIRUS-TOLL FACTS-NEWSERIES
Coronavirus toll at 1100 GMT Monday
PARIS, April 13, 2020 (BSS/AFP) – The worldwide death toll from the
novel coronavirus pandemic rose to 114,539 on Monday, according to a
tally compiled by AFP at 1100 GMT from official sources.
More than 1,853,300 declared cases have been registered in 193
countries and territories since the epidemic first emerged in China in
December. Of these cases, at least 395,000 are now considered
recovered.
The tallies, using data collected by AFP from national authorities
and information from the World Health Organization (WHO), probably
reflect only a fraction of the actual number of infections.
Many countries are testing only the most serious cases.
In the United States, now the epicentre of the pandemic, the death
toll stands at 22,109 with 557,590 infections. At least 41,831
patients have recovered.
Italy is the second worst-hit country with 19,899 deaths from
156,363 infections.
It is followed by Spain with 17,489 fatalities from 169,496
confirmed infections, France with 14,393 deaths and 132,591 infections
and Britain with 10,612 deaths from 84,270 cases. China — excluding
Hong Kong and Macau — has to date declared 3,341 deaths and 82,160
cases including 108 new ones, with 77,663 recoveries. It reported two
new deaths. Europe has listed 932,340 cases and 78,152 deaths to
date, the US and Canada together have 581,883 cases with 22,857
deaths, Asia 140,154 cases with 4,989 deaths, the Middle East 101,742
cases with 4,901 deaths, Latin America and the Caribbean 64,924 cases
with 2,778 deaths, Africa 14,440 cases with 791 deaths and Oceania
7,825 cases with 71 deaths.
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