PARIS, May 2, 2020 (BSS/AFP) – The death toll from the coronavirus pandemic in Europe passed 140,000 on Friday, according to an AFP tally at 1740 GMT compiled from official sources.
Europe is the hardest-hit continent with 1,495,293 confirmed cases and a total of 140,096 deaths — out of 234,987 worldwide.
The European countries with the highest death tolls are Italy with 28,236, followed by Britain on 27,510, Spain 24,284 and France 24,594.