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| - The novel coronavirus has killed at least 2,961,387 people since the outbreak emerged in China in December 2019, according to a tally from official sources compiled by AFP at 1000 GMT on Wednesday. At least 137,407,740 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 Tuesday, 13,270 new deaths and 780,837 new cases were recorded worldwide. Based on latest reports, the countries with the most new deaths were Brazil with 3,808 new deaths, followed by India with 1,027 and United States with 917. The United States is the worst-affected country with 563,446 deaths from 31,345,992 cases. After the US, the hardest-hit countries are Brazil with 358,425 deaths from 13,599,994 cases, Mexico with 210,294 deaths from 2,286,133 cases, India with 172,085 deaths from 13,873,825 cases, and Britain with 127,123 deaths from 4,375,814 cases. The country with the highest number of deaths compared to its population is Czech Republic with 263 fatalities per 100,000 inhabitants, followed by Hungary with 248, Bosnia-Herzegovina 228, Montenegro 221 and Bulgaria 210. Europe overall has 1,007,383 deaths from 46,913,820 cases, Latin America and the Caribbean 841,056 deaths from 26,506,711 infections, and the United States and Canada 586,831 deaths from 32,422,317 cases. Asia has reported 288,780 deaths from 20,066,518 cases, the Middle East 119,946 deaths from 7,084,897 cases, Africa 116,384 deaths from 4,372,889 cases, and Oceania 1,007 deaths from 40,589 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. bur-kau/spm
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