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Coronavirus death toll tops 150,000 in Europe: AFP tally
PARIS, May 7, 2020 (BSS/AFP) – The number of people killed by the new
coronavirus in Europe has surpassed 150,000, most of them in Britain, Italy,
Spain and France, according to an AFP tally compiled from official sources at
0910 GMT Thursday.
With a total of 150,138 deaths out of 1,640,799 cases, Europe is the
continent hardest hit by the virus which has claimed the lives of 263,573
people around the world.
Britain has registered the most deaths in Europe at 30,076 along with Italy
at 29,684, followed by Spain (26,070 fatalities) and France (25,809).
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