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By La Provence (with AFP)
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New coronavirus pandemic has killed at least 494,337 people worldwide since China officially reported the disease in December, AFP reports from official sources at 1 p.m. Saturday , French time.
More than 9,823,840 cases of infection have been officially diagnosed in 196 countries and territories since the start of the epidemic, of which at least 4,882,900 are now considered cured.
This number of diagnosed cases, however, only reflects a fraction of the actual number of infections. Some countries only test severe cases, others use testing as a priority for tracing, and many poor countries have only limited screening capacity.
The United States, which recorded its first death linked to the coronavirus in early February, is the country most affected in terms of number of deaths and cases, with 125,039 deaths for 2,467,837 cases. At least 670,809 people have been declared cured.
After the United States, the most affected countries are Brazil with 55,961 deaths for 1,274,974 cases, the United Kingdom with 43,414 deaths (309,360 cases), Italy with 34,708 deaths (239,961 cases) , and France with 29,778 deaths (199,343 cases).
China (excluding the territories of Hong Kong and Macao) officially counted a total of 83,438 cases (21 new between Friday and Saturday, after a slight revision of the total figure by the authorities), including 4,634 deaths and 78,444 cures.
Europe totaled Saturday at 1 p.m. 195,655 deaths for 2,622,813 cases, the United States and Canada 133,592 deaths (2,570,572 cases), Latin America and the Caribbean 108,222 deaths (2,369,242 cases) , Asia 32,439 deaths (1,183,410 cases), the Middle East 15,046 deaths (708,759 cases), Africa 9,250 deaths (359,944 cases), and Oceania 133 deaths (9,109 cases) .
This assessment was carried out using data collected by AFP offices from the competent national authorities and information from the World Health Organization (WHO).
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