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Global Coronavirus Death Toll Passes 600,000

    Advertisement The new coronavirus pandemic has claimed more than 600,000 lives worldwide, an AFP tally showed Sunday. A total of 600,523 deaths were recorded … Continue reading Global Coronavirus Death Toll Passes 600,000

By Emmanuel Egobiambu
Updated July 19, 2020
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This picture taken on March 21, 2020 shows coffins on the ground of the church in Serina, near Bergamo, northern Italy. Italy on March 21 reported 793 new coronavirus deaths, a one-day record that saw the country's toll shoot up to 4,825, the 38.3 percent of the world's totality. Piero Cruciatti / AFP
This picture taken on March 21, 2020 shows coffins on the ground of the church in Serina, near Bergamo, northern Italy. Italy on March 21 reported 793 new coronavirus deaths, a one-day record that saw the country’s toll shoot up to 4,825, the 38.3 percent of the world’s totality. Piero Cruciatti / AFP
A picture taken on March 25, 2020, shows the burial of a victim of the COVID-19 coronavirus in the Moroccan city of Marrakech. AFP
File photo: A picture taken on March 25, 2020, shows the burial of a victim of the COVID-19 coronavirus in the Moroccan city of Marrakech. AFP

 

 

The new coronavirus pandemic has claimed more than 600,000 lives worldwide, an AFP tally showed Sunday.

A total of 600,523 deaths were recorded globally out of 14,233,355 cases, a count based on official data showed, including 205,065 deaths in Europe — the worst-affected continent.

The virus is spreading rapidly in Latin America — the region with the second-most recorded deaths — where 160,726 people have died.

The United States is the country with the most deaths with 140,103, followed by Brazil (78,772), Britain (45,273), Mexico (38,888) and Italy (35,042).

The number of deaths linked to COVID-19 has doubled in just over two months, and more than 100,000 new deaths have been registered in the three weeks since June 28.

AFP

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