Global assessment of the coronavirus pandemic this Saturday

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson visits AstraZeneca’s lab in Macclesfield, northwest England, on April 6, 2021 – POOL / AFP

The coronavirus epidemic has caused at least 2917,316 deaths worldwide since the WHO office in China reported the outbreak in December 2019, according to a balance sheet made by Agence France-Presse on Saturday (10) at 7am (local time). Brasilia) who is responsible. Resources.

Since the start of the epidemic, more than 134,648,510 people have contracted the disease. The vast majority of infected people recover, but the portion that remains poorly assessed keeps symptoms at bay for weeks or even months.

The data is based on reports sent daily by the health authorities in each country and excludes corrections made later by various agencies, such as Russia, Spain and the United Kingdom.

On Friday, the world recorded 13,924 new deaths and 769876 cases. The countries with the most deaths according to the most recent official balance sheets are Brazil, with 3,693, the United States (931) and Mexico (874).

The death toll in the United States was 561,074 from 31,085,251 cases.

After the United States, the countries with the largest number of deaths are Brazil, with 348,718 deaths out of 1,3373174 cases, Mexico with 207,020 deaths (2,272,064 cases), India with 168,436 deaths (13,205,926 cases) and the United Kingdom with 127,040 deaths ( 4365461 cases).

Among the countries most affected, the Czech Republic has the highest mortality rate, with 259 deaths per 100,000 inhabitants, followed by Hungary (238), Bosnia (222), Montenegro (216) and Bulgaria (204).

This Saturday at 7:00 a.m., since the start of the epidemic, Europe has recorded 992,995 deaths (46,016,590 infections), Latin America and the Caribbean 8,23,259 (26,008,344), the United States and Canada 584,315 (32, 127,378), Asia 282,857 (19,244). .871), the Middle East 117,693 (6,879,123), Africa 115,192 (4,332,511), and Oceania 1,005 (39,696).

Since the start of the pandemic, the number of diagnostic tests performed has increased dramatically and screening techniques have improved, causing an increase in reported cases.

However, the number of diagnosed cases reflects only a fraction of the total, and less severe or asymptomatic cases remain undetected.

This assessment was carried out using data from national authorities collected by AFP offices and information from the World Health Organization.

Due to corrections by the authorities or a delay in publishing the data, the increase in the numbers published in 24 hours may not fully correspond to the figures from the previous day.