The novel coronavirus has killed at least 3,731,297 people since the outbreak emerged in China in December 2019, according to a tally from official sources compiled by AFP at 1000 GMT (6 p.m. Philippine time) on Monday.
The vast majority have recovered, though some have continued to experience symptoms weeks or even months later.They exclude revisions made by other statistical organisations, which show that the number of deaths is much higher.
A large number of the less severe or asymptomatic cases also remain undetected, despite intensified testing in many countries.Based on latest reports, the countries with the most new deaths were India with 2,427, followed by Brazil with 873 and Colombia with 539.
Latin America and the Caribbean overall has 1,180,726 deaths from 33,979,026 cases, Europe 1,143,053 deaths from 53,256,433 infections, and the United States and Canada 623,352 deaths from 34,754,889 cases.
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