The toll of the Covid-19 pandemic is heavy … and it is not over, especially in the large emerging countries. Globally, there have been at least 3,513,088 deaths since the end of 2019, for more than 168,905,450 officially diagnosed cases of infection. Figures which are however only a pale reflection of reality, because they exclude the revisions carried out a posteriori by certain statistical organizations, which conclude with a much more important number of deaths. The WHO even estimates, taking into account the excess mortality directly and indirectly linked to Covid-19, that the results of the pandemic could be two to three times higher than that officially recorded. A large proportion of the less serious or asymptomatic cases also remain undetected despite the intensification of screening in many countries.
On Thursday, 12,736 new deaths and 586,617 new cases were recorded worldwide. The countries that have recorded the most new deaths in their latest reports are India with 3,660 new deaths, Brazil (2,245) and the United States (1,234). The United States is the most affected country in terms of both deaths and cases, with 593,288 deaths for 33,218,046 cases, according to the Johns Hopkins University count. After the United States, the most affected countries are Brazil with 456,674 deaths and 16,342,162 cases, India with 318,895 deaths (27,555,457 cases), Mexico with 222,657 deaths (2,405,772 cases), and the United Kingdom with 127,758 dead (4,473,677 cases).
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Among the hardest hit countries, Hungary is the one with the highest number of deaths relative to its population, with 307 deaths per 100,000 inhabitants, followed by the Czech Republic (281), Bosnia (280), Macedonia North (258) and Bulgaria (254).
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Europe totaled 1,130,491 deaths for 52,724,615 cases on Friday, Latin America and the Caribbean 1,024,435 deaths (32,493,431 cases), the United States and Canada 618,685 deaths (34,612,033 cases), l Asia 467,107 deaths (35,692,058 cases), the Middle East 141,788 deaths (8,534,017 cases), Africa 129,480 deaths (4,801,165 cases), and Oceania 1,102 deaths (48,133 cases).
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