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Since the start of the pandemic in China in December 2019, the number of people infected with the coronavirus has exceeded 200 million worldwide, according to AFP estimates, according to official data.
The true number is thought to be higher because, despite extensive testing in many countries, a large number of less severe or asymptomatic cases go unnoticed.
The number of infections is currently rising rapidly, mainly due to the spread of the more contagious delta of the virus, but the number of deaths is growing more slowly, according to the data.
In the last seven days, an average of 600,000 new cases per day have been registered worldwide, which is 68% more than in mid-June.
At the same time, the number of deaths caused by Covid-19 averages 9,350 per day, which is 20% more than in mid-June.
The gap between infection and death is particularly striking in the countries hardest hit by the pandemic.
For instance, ASV the number of new infections has risen by more than 820%, now reaching an average of 94,000 a day, compared with 11,000 at the end of June.
But the increase in the number of deaths is much slower, increasing by 105% to 430 cases per day over the same period.
In the world of Covid-19 since the beginning of the pandemic, more than 4.25 million people have died, however World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that the true figure could be two or three times higher than the official figure.
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