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Coronavirus toll at 1100 GMT Sunday
PARIS, March 28, 2021 (BSS/AFP) – The novel coronavirus has killed at least
2,777,761 people since the outbreak emerged in China in December 2019,
according to a tally from official sources compiled by AFP at 10H00 GMT on
Sunday.
At least 126,622,220 cases of coronavirus have been registered. The vast
majority have recovered, though some have continued to experience symptoms
weeks or even months later.
These figures are based on daily tolls provided by health authorities in
each country and exclude later re-evaluations by statistical organisations,
as has happened in Russia, Spain and Britain.
On Saturday, 9,829 new deaths and 576,385 new cases were recorded
worldwide. Based on latest reports, the countries with the most new deaths
were Brazil with 3,438 new deaths, followed by United States with 761 and
Mexico with 567.
The United States is the worst-affected country with 548,828 deaths from
30,218,688 cases.
After the US, the hardest-hit countries are Brazil with 310,550 deaths
from 12,490,362 cases, Mexico with 201,429 deaths from 2,224,767 cases, India
with 161,552 deaths from 11,971,624 cases, and the United Kingdom with
126,573 deaths from 4,329,180 cases.
The country with the highest number of deaths compared to its population
is Czech Republic with 242 fatalities per 100,000 inhabitants, followed by
Hungary with 204, Montenegro 198, Belgium 197 and Slovenia 193.
Europe overall has 943,355 deaths from 42,914,305 cases, Latin America and
the Caribbean 767,568 deaths from 24,382,782 infections, and the United
States and Canada 571,678 deaths from 31,178,827 cases.
Asia has reported 269,736 deaths from 17,552,490 cases, the Middle East
112,735 deaths from 6,381,927 cases, Africa 111,713 deaths from 4,175,758
cases, and Oceania 976 deaths from 36,135 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/SSS/1629 hrs