At least 2,159,155 people worldwide have died from coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) as of 11:00 GMT on the 27th, with at least 123,600 confirmed cases, according to official data compiled by AFP.
The outbreak began in China in December 2019 and to date at least 60,933,000 people worldwide are thought to have recovered.
AFP collected data from national authorities and the World health Organization (WHO) to make the count, but it is feared that this is only a fraction of the actual total number of infections, as many countries only detect cases with symptoms or the most severe symptoms.
On the 26th, the world reported 18,109 new deaths and 604,473 confirmed cases. According to the data, the countries with the highest number of new deaths were the United States (4206 deaths), Mexico (1743 deaths) and the United Kingdom (1631 deaths), in that order.
The United States remains the country with the most severe Epidemic, with 425,227 deaths and 25,443,876 confirmed cases.
Other countries with severe outbreaks include Brazil (218,878 deaths and 893,356 confirmed cases), India (153,724 deaths and 10,689,527 confirmed cases), Mexico (150,016 deaths and 1,780,905 confirmed cases) and the United Kingdom (100,162 deaths and 3,689,746 confirmed cases).
Belgium had the highest death rate as a percentage of the population, with 180 deaths per 100,000 people, followed by Slovenia (164), the United Kingdom (148), the Czech Republic (147) and Italy (143).
Regionally, there were 713,104 deaths and 32,509,118 confirmed cases in Europe, 580,125 deaths and 18,368,250 confirmed cases in Latin America and the Caribbean, and 444,589 deaths and 26,199,885 confirmed cases in the United States and Canada.
In Asia, there were 237,275 deaths and 15,016,736 confirmed cases; in the Middle East, there were 96,165 deaths and 4,634,408 confirmed cases; in Africa, there were 86,952 deaths and 3,476,561 confirmed cases; and in Oceania, there were 945 deaths and 31,645 confirmed cases.
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