Global COVID-19 death toll tops 1.1 million: AFP
Almost one in five deaths was in the United States
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Paris: The total number of declared deaths from the new coronavirus has topped 1.1 million around the world, according to an AFP tally from official sources at 1500 GMT Friday.
At least 1,100,056 fatalities, out of 38,997,267 cases, have been reported. Almost one in five deaths was in the United States, the hardest-hit country which has 217,798 deaths from 7,985,356 infections.
Meanwhile, the United States on Friday crossed eight million confirmed coronavirus cases, according to a running tally by Johns Hopkins University.
The figure of 8,008,402 cases confirmed by tests is the highest in the world, with India second at 7.4 million cases and Brazil third with 5.1 million.