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The file photo shows a patient being evacuated from the Magnolia Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Riverside, California. (AP Photo / Chris Carlson, file)
A total of 1,80,289 deaths have been recorded worldwide from 2,596,383 infections. There were 1,212,848 deaths in Europe from 1,263,802 cases in the worst affected continent.
- Agencies Paris
- Last update: April 23, 2020, 12:00 a.m. IST
More than 1,80,000 people worldwide have died from the new coronavirus, nearly two-thirds of them in Europe, since it emerged in China last December, according to an AFP count based on official sources.
In total, there have been 1.80,289 deaths worldwide from 2,596,383 infections. There were 1,212,848 deaths in Europe from 1,263,802 cases in the worst affected continent.
According to a Reuters count, deaths from the US coronavirus. USA They surpassed 46,000 on Wednesday after increasing by an almost record number of a single day on Tuesday.
A University of Washington model, often cited by the White House, projected a total of nearly 66,000 coronavirus deaths in the United States by August 4, an upward revision from its most recent previous estimate of 60,000 deaths. At current rates, deaths in the United States could reach 50,000 later this week.
The first coronavirus death in the United States occurred weeks earlier than previously believed, according to California county health officials who conducted two autopsies. The first American death was on February 6, instead of February 29, they reported.
In subsequent weeks, the death toll in the United States has soared to the highest in the world. Deaths in the United States increased by 2,792 on Tuesday alone, just below a peak of 2,806 single-day deaths on April 15.
Deaths in New York State, the epicenter of the outbreak in the United States, continued to decline with 474 new deaths on Wednesday. However, some nearby states like Pennsylvania and New Jersey reported record tolls of deaths in a single day on Tuesday.
Health officials have said the deaths are a lagging indicator of the outbreak, occurring weeks after patients get sick, and they don’t mean that restrictions on staying home don’t slow down the spread of the virus.
The United States has by far the highest number of confirmed coronavirus cases in the world, with more than 8,15,000, almost four times more than Spain, the country with the second highest number.
Cases in the United States increased by 25,000 to more than 8,10,000 on Tuesday, one of the smallest increases seen so far in April.
President Donald Trump applauded on Wednesday the steps taken by a handful of Republican-led US states, including Georgia, South Carolina, and Tennessee, to begin reopening their economies despite warnings of a possible further surge in infections from coronavirus.
(With contributions from Reuters and AFP)
