The world has recorded no fewer than 971,677 death from the emergence of the coronavirus pandemic in China late last year, according to a tally from official sources compiled by AFP.
A sum of 31.6 million cases of coronavirus have been registered. Amongst these infections, at least 21,641,500 are now considered recovered.
Europe is the fourth hardest-hit region in the world behind Latin America on 8,870,807 cases and 327,821 fatalities, Asia with 7,467,107 cases and 128,442 deaths, and the United States and Canada with 7,043,878 cases for 210,087 deaths.
The Middle East has recorded 1,840,080 cases with 42,933 fatalities while Africa has 1,423,382 cases and 34,332 deaths.
On Tuesday, 5,916 new deaths and 309,117 new cases were recorded worldwide. Based on the latest reports, the countries with the most new deaths were India with 1,085 new deaths followed by United States with 838 and Brazil with 836.
The United States is the worst-hit country with 200,818 deaths from 6,897,495 cases. At least 2,646,959 people have been declared recovered.
