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.
Latin American badly affected by COVID-19
The virus is spreading rapidly in Latin America — the region with the second-most recorded deaths — where 160,726 people have died.
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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).
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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.
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Russia has reported 6,109 new cases and 95 more deaths from the coronavirus. The nationwide tally of infections has risen to 771,546 cases, Russia’s coronavirus crisis response centre said.