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Coronavirus toll at 1100 GMT Tuesday
PARIS, Dec 1, 2020 (BSS/AFP) – The novel coronavirus has killed at least
1,468,873 people since the outbreak emerged in China last December, according
to a tally from official sources compiled by AFP at 1100 GMT on Tuesday.
At least 63,227,470 cases have been registered. Of these, at least
40,255,800 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 symptomatic or the most serious cases.
On Monday, 7,871 new deaths and 490,401 new cases were recorded worldwide.
Based on latest reports, the countries with the most new deaths were the
United States with 1,057 new deaths, followed by Italy with 672 and Russia
with 569.
The United States is the worst-affected country with 268,103 deaths from
13,545,792 cases. At least 5,146,319 people have been declared recovered.
After the US, the hardest-hit countries are Brazil with 173,120 deaths
from 6,335,878 cases, India with 137,621 deaths from 9,462,809 cases, Mexico
with 105,940 deaths from 1,113,543 cases, and the United Kingdom with 58,448
deaths from 1,629,657 cases.
The country with the highest number of deaths compared to its population
is Belgium with 144 fatalities per 100,000 inhabitants, followed by Peru with
109, Spain 96 and Italy 92.
China — excluding Hong Kong and Macau — has to date declared 86,542
cases, including 4,634 deaths and 81,631 recoveries.
Latin America and the Caribbean overall has 447,909 deaths from 13,018,511
cases, Europe 413,774 deaths from 18,323,905 infections, and the United
States and Canada 280,177 deaths from 13,919,502 cases.
Asia has reported 195,055 deaths from 12,411,246 cases, the Middle East
78,983 deaths from 3,348,575 cases, Africa 52,033 deaths from 2,175,413
cases, and Oceania 942 deaths from 30,324 cases.
As a result of corrections by national authorities or late publication of
data, the figures updated over the past 24 hours may not correspond exactly
to the previous day’s tallies.
BSS/AFP/FI/ 1750 hrs