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| - The novel coronavirus has killed at least 3,244,598 people since the outbreak emerged in China in December 2019, according to a tally from official sources compiled by AFP at 1000 GMT on Thursday. At least 155,126,230 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 Wednesday, 14,323 new deaths and 828,214 new cases were recorded worldwide. Based on latest reports, the countries with the most new deaths were India with 3,980 new deaths, followed by Brazil with 2,811 and United States with 846. The United States is the worst-affected country with 579,280 deaths from 32,558,066 cases. After the US, the hardest-hit countries are Brazil with 414,399 deaths from 14,930,183 cases, India with 230,168 deaths from 21,077,410 cases, Mexico with 218,007 deaths from 2,355,985 cases, and Britain with 127,570 deaths from 4,425,940 cases. The country with the highest number of deaths compared to its population is Hungary with 292 fatalities per 100,000 inhabitants, followed by Czech Republic with 276, Bosnia-Herzegovina with 266, Montenegro 241 and Republic of North Macedonia 241. Europe overall has 1,083,101 deaths from 51,095,508 cases, Latin America and the Caribbean 939,605 deaths from 29,409,759 infections, and the United States and Canada 603,727 deaths from 33,812,160 cases. Asia has reported 360,683 deaths from 28,191,535 cases, the Middle East 133,195 deaths from 7,974,638 cases, Africa 123,228 deaths from 4,599,070 cases, and Oceania 1,059 deaths from 43,569 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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