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COVID-19 has killed more than 150,000 people around the world, according to an AFP tally Wednesday from official sources. ANIMATED VIDEO
Brockton, Jul 29 (EFE/EPA).- The United States saw its coronavirus death toll top 150,000 Wednesday as the emergence of new hot spots in the West and South pushed the number of confirmed cases to 4.39 million, according to the independent tally maintained by researchers at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore.With less than 5 percent of the global population, the US accounts for nearly 23 percent of the world's Covid-19 fatalities and more than a quarter of infections.California, the most populous state, has 473,785 cases, followed by Florida, with 451,413; Texas, 417,471; and New York, which has 413,593 confirmed infections but continues to lead the nation in deaths with 32,333. (Camera: CJ GUNTHER). SHOT LIST: COVID-19 TEST AT A HIGH SCHOOL IN BROCKTON, MASSACHUSETTS, US.
The coronavirus pandemic has killed more than 270,000 people worldwide since it began in China late last year, with more than 85 percent of fatalities in Europe and the United States, according to an AFP tally compiled from official figures at 1615 GMT on Friday. IMAGES
Rio de Janeiro, Oct 8 (EFE).- Brazil on Friday became the second country in the world to surpass 600,000 deaths from Covid-19. (Camera: JANAÍNA QUINET/WALLACE CARVALHO).SHOT LIST: NGO HANGS WHITE HANDKERCHIEFS IN RIO DE JANEIRO IN HONOR OF THE 600,000 DEATHS FROM COVID-19 IN BRAZIL.
Buenos Aires, Jul 14 (EFE) (CAMERA: Alberto Caratozzolo) - Argentina is close to 100,000 deaths from covid-19, a figure that comes in the middle of the second wave of the pandemic and while the vaccination campaign is advancing, which has already immunized more than 45% of the population with one dose and 11% with two.
Buenos Aires, Jul 14 (EFE) (CAMERA: Alberto Caratozzolo) - Argentina is close to 100,000 deaths from covid-19, a figure that comes in the middle of the second wave of the pandemic.