Breaking news: COVID-19 kills one million worldwide

Coronavirus has claimed the lives of one million people worldwide since the outbreak emerged in China late last year.

The virus has been recorded in 210 countries and infected at least 32 million people across the globe, according to a tally from official sources compiled by AFP.

Europe is now battling a second surge of the virus as the continent enters its winter months.

The largest number of fatalities was reported in the United States, where over 205,000 people died after being infected with the coronavirus. Meanwhile, Brazil registered over 141,000 deaths and India reported more than 94,000 fatalities.

According to Johns Hopkins University, the highest case-fatality rate was observed in Yemen at 28.9%, followed by Italy at 11.7%, Mexico at 10.5% and the United Kingdom at 9.9%. Despite having registered most cases and deaths, the COVID-19 fatality rate in the US stands at 2.9%

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