Worldwide coronavirus death toll hits 1,243,513

The novel coronavirus has killed at least 1,243,513 people since the outbreak emerged in China last December, according to a tally from official sources compiled by AFP at 1100 GMT on Saturday.

At least 49,316,540 cases of coronavirus have been registered. Of these, at least 32,215,500 are now considered recovered.

The tallies, using data collected by AFP from national authorities and information from the World Health Organization (WHO), probably reflect only a fraction of the actual number of infections.

Many countries are testing only symptomatic or the most serious cases.

On Friday, 9,018 new deaths and 610,768 new cases were recorded worldwide. Based on latest reports, the countries with the most new deaths were the United States with 1,149 new deaths, followed by France with 828 and India with 577.

(AFP)