Over 85% of the deaths are in Europe and the United States. The US has the most number of deaths at 65,173
BROOKLYN. Medical personnel move a deceased patient to a refrigerated truck serving as make shift morgues at Brooklyn Hospital Center on April 09, 2020 in New York City. Photo by Angela Weiss/AFP
PARIS, France – More than 240,000 people have died of the new coronavirus worldwide with over 85% of the deaths in Europe and the United States, according to an AFP tally at 1530 GMT on Saturday, May 2, based on official figures. There have been 240,231 deaths out of 3,371,435 global cases since the virus emerged in China in December. Europe is the worst-hit continent accounting for 141,475 deaths out of 1,516,635 cases.
The United States has the highest number of deaths at 65,173, followed by Italy , Britain , Spain and France .
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