COVID-19: At least 1.285 million deaths worldwide – News

More than 52,151,580 people have been infected with the novel coronavirus worldwide, according to the toll, made today at 11:00 TMG (12:00 in Lisbon) based on official sources.

To date, at least 33,151,580 people have been considered cured of covid-19, adds the French agency, noting that official data reflect only a part of the actual number of contaminations in the world.

Some countries only look at severe cases, others use testing primarily for screening, and many poor countries have limited testing capabilities.

On Wednesday, 10,030 deaths and 627,315 new infections were reported, according to data collected and released by the agency.

The countries that recorded the highest number of deaths that day were the United States (1,330), Italy (623) and the United Kingdom (595).

The United States remains the most affected country, both in terms of deaths and infections, with a total of 241,808 deaths and 10,402,274 cases, according to data from Johns Hopkins University, which still has 3,997,175 cases declared cured. .

After the United States, the most affected countries are Brazil with 163,373 deaths and 5,748,375 cases of infection, India with 128,121 deaths (8,683,916 cases), Mexico with 96,430 deaths (986,177 cases) and the United Kingdom with 50,365 deaths (1,256,725 cases).

Among the most affected countries, Belgium is the one with the highest number of deaths in relation to the population, with 119 deaths per 100,000 inhabitants, followed by Peru (106), Spain (86), Brazil (77).

China (excluding the territories of Hong Kong and Macao) officially recorded a total of 86,299 cases (15 new between Wednesday and today), including 4,634 deaths and 81,252 recoveries.

In terms of regions of the world, Latin America and the Caribbean recorded a total of 417,104 deaths in 11,817,331 cases, Europe 322,177 deaths (13,625,939 cases), United States and Canada 252,477 deaths (10,678,117 cases), Asia 179,581 deaths (11,255,051 cases), Middle East 66,603 deaths (2,824,871 cases), Africa 46,277 deaths (1,920,306 cases) and Oceania 941 deaths (29,974 cases).

The balance was based on data obtained by the AFP from national authorities and on information from the World Health Organization (WHO).

Due to the corrections made by the authorities and late notifications, the increase in the daily number may not exactly match the difference from the data anticipated the day before.