According to data collected by the French news agency until 11:00 am in Lisbon, at least 505,652 people have died and there are more than 10,322,400 infected in 196 countries and territories since the beginning of the epidemic in December 2019 in the city Chinese from Wuhan.
At least 5,187,300 cases were considered cured by health authorities.
AFP warns that the number of diagnosed cases reflects only a fraction of the actual total infections, as some countries are testing only serious cases, others use the test as a priority for screening and many poor countries have only limited screening capacity.
The United States, which recorded its first coronavirus-related death in early February, is the country most affected in terms of number of deaths and cases, with 126,141 deaths and 2,590,582 cases, respectively. At least 705,203 people were declared cured.
After the United States, the countries most affected are Brazil with 58,314 deaths in 1,368,195 cases, the United Kingdom with 43,575 deaths (311,965 cases), Italy with 34,744 deaths (240,436 cases) and France with 29,813 deaths (200,667 cases).
China (excluding the territories of Hong Kong and Macao) officially accounted for a total of 83,531 cases (19 new between Monday and today), including 4,634 deaths and 78,469 recoveries.
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