More than 1.3 million coronavirus deaths worldwide – AFP tally

Nov 14, 2020 6:29 PM PHT

Agence France-Presse

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More than 1.3 million coronavirus deaths worldwide – AFP tally

PATIENT. A medical worker pushes a stretcher through a hallway at Mount Sinai Hospital in Manhattan, which has treated hundreds of COVID-19 patients since March, on September 22, 2020 in New York City.

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Experts say the official data is likely to capture only a fraction of the number of total infections and fatalities

More than 1.3 million people have been killed by the novel coronavirus worldwide, according to a tally from official sources compiled by Agence France Presse (AFP).

In total, there have been at least 1,303,783 deaths for 53,380,442 declared cases of COVID-19, although experts say the official data is likely to capture only a fraction of the number of total infections and fatalities.

New cases and deaths are accelerating again as a second wave of infections strikes Europe and the United States.

Nearly 1 in 5 deaths occurred in the US (244,345), while Brazil was the next most affected country measured by deaths (164,737), then India (129,188), Mexico (97,624), and Britain (51,304).

The world celebrated news this week about major advances in the hunt for vaccines against the coronavirus, but a top WHO expert warned in an interview with AFP that disinformation and public distrust will render them useless against the pandemic. – Rappler.com