PARIS: The novel coronavirus has killed at least 2,531,448 people since the outbreak emerged in China in Dec 2019, according to a tally from official sources compiled by AFP at 1100 GMT on Monday.
At least 114,050,170 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 Sunday, 5,680 new deaths and 306,735 new cases were recorded worldwide. Based on the latest reports, the countries with the most new deaths were the United States with 1,001 new deaths, followed by Brazil with 721 and Mexico with 458.
The United States is the worst-affected country with 513,092 deaths from 28,605,953 cases.
After the US, the hardest-hit countries are Brazil with 254,942 deaths from 10,551,259 cases, Mexico with 185,715 deaths from 2,086,938 cases, India with 157,157 deaths from 11,112,241 cases, and the United Kingdom with 122,849 deaths from 4,176,554 cases.
The country with the highest number of deaths compared to its population is the Czech Republic with 191 fatalities per 100,000 inhabitants, followed by Belgium with 190, Slovenia at 185, the United Kingdom with 181 and Italy with 162.
Europe overall has 852,569 deaths from 37,626,483 cases, Latin America and the Caribbean 678,450 deaths from 21,381,322 infections, and the United States and Canada 535,083 deaths from 29,471,938 cases.
Asia has reported 256,364 deaths from 16,146,765 cases, the Middle East 104,318 deaths from 5,493,708 cases, Africa 103,715 deaths from 3,897,601 cases, and Oceania 949 deaths from 32,353 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 have gone 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. – AFP- NST