Global coronavirus infections nears 220,000 official toll

The tallies, using data collected by AFP offices from national authorities and information from the World Health Organization , take into account the fact that criteria for counting victims and coronavirus screening practices vary from country to country.

China — excluding Hong Kong and Macau — where the outbreak emerged in late December, has to date declared 80,928 cases, including 3,245 deaths, with 69,601 people recovered. The country declared 34 new cases and eight new fatalities since Wednesday. Outside China, there have been 5,775 deaths by 1000 GMT Thursday — 228 new fatalities — out of 136,590 cases, of which 7,981 were new.

The worst-hit nation after China is Italy with a total of 2,978 deaths , Iran with 1,284 fatalities , Spain with 598 deaths and France with 264 deaths . Since 1700 GMT Wednesday, Pakistan, Russia, Costa Rica and Mexico confirmed their first deaths. Mauritius, Barbados, Zambia, Fiji, the Bahamas, El Salvador and Nicaragua all reported their first cases.

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