Over 100,000 people died globally, after testing positive for coronavirus
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The number of people worldwide who have died after testing positive for coronavirus has passed 100,000.
The grim milestone was reached on the day the UK reported its highest single increase since the outbreak began, surpassing the worst 24-hour totals recorded by Spain and Italy.
Since 31 December 2019 and as of 10 April 2020, 1 563 857 cases of COVID-19 (in accordance with the applied case definitions and testing strategies in the affected countries) have been reported, including 95 044 deaths.
Cases have been reported from:
Africa: 12 280 cases; the five countries reporting most cases are South Africa (1 934), Egypt (1 699), Algeria (1 666), Morocco (1 374) and Cameroon (730).
Asia: 260 549 cases; the five countries reporting most cases are China (82 925), Iran (66 220), Turkey (42 282), South Korea (10 450) and Israel (9 968).
America: 537 678 cases; the five countries reporting most cases are United States (466 033), Canada (20 748), Brazil (17 857), Chile (5 972) and Peru (5 256).
Europe: 745 262 cases; the five countries reporting most cases are Spain (152 446), Italy (143 626), Germany (113 525), France (86 334) and United Kingdom (65 077).
Oceania: 7 392 cases; the five countries reporting most cases are Australia (6 152), New Zealand (1 015), Guam (128), French Polynesia (51) and New Caledonia (18).
Other: 696 cases have been reported from an international conveyance in Japan.
Deaths have been reported from:
Africa: 630 deaths; the five countries reporting most deaths are Algeria (235), Egypt (118), Morocco (97), Tunisia (25) and Burkina Faso (24).
Asia: 9 831 deaths; the five countries reporting most deaths are Iran (4 110), China (3 340), Turkey (908), Indonesia (280) and South Korea (208).
America: 19 309 deaths; the five countries reporting most deaths are United States (16 690), Brazil (941), Canada (509), Ecuador (272) and Mexico (194).
Europe: 65 207 deaths; the five countries reporting most deaths are Italy (18 281), Spain (15 238), France (12 210), United Kingdom (7 978) and Belgium (2 523).
Oceania: 60 deaths; the four countries reporting most deaths are Australia (52), Guam (4), New Zealand (2) and Northern Mariana Islands (2).
Other: 7 deaths have been reported from an international conveyance in Japan.
In Europe as of 10 April 2020, 697 732 cases have been reported in the EU/EEA and the UK: Spain (152 446), Italy (143 626), Germany (113 525), France (86 334), United Kingdom (65 077), Belgium (24 983), Netherlands (21 762), Portugal (13 956), Austria (13 248), Sweden (9 141), Ireland (7 393), Norway (6 160), Denmark (5 635), Poland (5 575), Czechia (5 569), Romania (5 202), Luxembourg (3 115), Finland (2 605), Greece (1 955), Iceland (1 648), Croatia (1 407), Estonia (1 207), Hungary (1 190), Slovenia (1 124), Lithuania (955), Slovakia (701), Bulgaria (624), Latvia (589), Cyprus (564), Malta (337) and Liechtenstein (79).
As of 10 April 2020, 64 010 deaths have been reported in the EU/EEA and the UK: Italy (18 281), Spain (15 238), France (12 210), United Kingdom (7 978), Belgium (2 523), Netherlands (2 396), Germany (2 373), Sweden (793), Portugal (409), Austria (295), Ireland (263), Denmark (237), Romania (229), Poland (174), Czechia (112), Norway (88), Greece (86), Hungary (77), Luxembourg (52), Slovenia (43), Finland (42), Bulgaria (24), Estonia (24), Croatia (20), Cyprus (15), Lithuania (15), Iceland (6), Latvia (2), Malta (2), Slovakia (2) and Liechtenstein (1).
