COVID-19 death toll hits 716,000, worldwide, at least 19.1 million infection cases
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COVID-19 death toll hits 716,000, worldwide, at least 19.1 million infection cases
At least 19.1 million people around the world have been diagnosed with COVID-19, while the global death toll crossed 716,000. More than 11.6 million have recovered.
Iran Press/ America: The United States coronavirus death toll surpassed 160,000, with more than 4.8 million confirmed cases reported across the country.
The pandemic has killed at least 712,315 people worldwide with the US recording the most deaths, followed by Brazil with nearly 100,000.
Globally, 40 percent of all cases have been recorded in the two countries.
"The number of people in France infected with coronavirus on Friday rose by 2,288, a new post-lockdown high, following increases of 1,604 on Thursday and 1,695 on Wednesday," the French health ministry said in a statement.
It also said that the cumulative death toll from the virus now stood at 30,324, an increase of 12 compared with seven on Thursday and nine on Wednesday.
"More than 5,400 people died in Russia from the coronavirus in June," the state statistics service said, adding: "1,000 more than previously announced by the authorities."
Turkey confirmed 1,185 additional cases of COVID-19, taking the tally to 238,450, according to the country's health minister.
More than a million people across Africa have now been confirmed to have had the new coronavirus, with health experts warning the peak of the pandemic has yet to hit the continent.
India's coronavirus cases have passed two million, hitting another grim milestone in the pandemic that has killed more than 41,000 people in the world's second-most populous country.
According to the Indian health ministry: "62,538 cases - the highest one-day jump - were reported in the past 24 hours, raising the nation's total to 2.03 million. Also, 886 new deaths were reported raising the death toll to 41,585."
Mexico's health ministry also has reported 6,590 new confirmed coronavirus infections and 819 deaths, bringing the country's totals to 462,690 infections and 50,517 deaths.
Mexico now has the third-highest death toll in the world, after Brazil, which is approaching 100,000, and the US, which is approaching 160,000. 207/205
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