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HEALTH-VIRUS-TOLL, FACTS
Coronavirus toll at 1100 GMT Thursday
PARIS, Jan 21, 2021 (BSS/AFP) – The novel coronavirus has killed at least
2,075,698 people since the outbreak emerged in China in December 2019,
according to a tally from official sources compiled by AFP at 1100 GMT on
Thursday.
At least 96,825,840 cases have been registered.
These figures are based on daily tolls provided by health authorities in
each country and excludes later re-evaluations by statistical organisations,
as has happened in Russia, Spain and Britain.
On Wednesday, 17,502 new deaths and 674,124 new cases were recorded
worldwide.
Based on latest reports, the countries with the most new deaths were the
United States with 4,261 new deaths, followed by the United Kingdom with
1,820 and Mexico with 1,539.
The United States remains the worst-affected country with 406,162 deaths
from 24,438,935 cases.
After the US, the hardest-hit countries are Brazil with 212,831 deaths from
8,638,249 cases, India with 152,869 deaths from 10,610,883 cases, Mexico with
144,371 deaths from 1,688,944 cases, and the United Kingdom with 93,290
deaths from 3,505,754 cases.
The country with the highest number of deaths compared to its population is
Belgium with 178 fatalities per 100,000 inhabitants, followed by the Czech
Republic with 140, Italy 138 and Bosnia-Herzegovina 138.
Europe overall has 680,452 deaths from 31,318,790 cases, Latin America and
the Caribbean 560,184 deaths from 17,709,669 infections, and the United
States and Canada 424,583 deaths from 25,162,846 cases.
Asia has reported 233,109 deaths from 14,771,309 cases, the Middle East
94,664 deaths from 4,491,990 cases, Africa 81,761 deaths from 3,339,669
cases, and Oceania 945 deaths from 31,576 cases.
Since the start of the pandemic, the number of tests conducted has greatly
increased while testing and reporting techniques have improved, leading to a
rise in reported cases. However the number of diagnosed cases is only a part
of the real total number of infections as a significant number of less
serious or asymptomatic cases always remain undetected.
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/IJ/1825 hrs