More than 10 million cases have been reported worldwide, according to the latest official figures.
New York, once the epicentre of the pandemic in the US, is now"on the exact opposite end", Governor Andrew Cuomo said, with the state reporting just five new deaths on Saturday, its lowest number since mid-March.In Latin America, the number of cases surpassed those diagnosed in Europe on Sunday, making the region the second most affected by the pandemic after North America.
The first recorded death from the virus was on 9 January and was a 61-year-old man from the Chinese city of Wuhan who was a regular shopper at a wet market that has been identified as the source of the outbreak.In just five months, the number of people who have died withhas overtaken the number of people who die every year from malaria - one of the most deadly infectious diseases.
The death rate averages out to around 78,000 a month, which compares to 64,000 AIDS-related deaths and 36,000 malaria deaths, according to the World Health Organisation.
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