Global COVID cases top 103 M; 2.2 M dead
The Philippine Star|February 05, 2021
The novel coronavirus has killed at least 2,253,813 people since the outbreak emerged in China in December 2019, according to a tally from official sources compiled by AFP at 1100 GMT on Wednesday.
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Global COVID cases top 103 M; 2.2 M dead

At least 103,827,020 cases of coronavirus have been registered. Of these, at least 63,195,000 are now considered recovered.

These figures are based on daily tolls provided by health authorities in each country and exclude later re-evaluations by statistical organizations, as has happened in Russia, Spain and Britain.

On Tuesday, 15,406 new deaths and 490,708 new cases were recorded worldwide.

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