World coronavirus death toll tops 1,80,000

April 23, 2020 00:15

More than 180,000 people in the world have died from the novel coronavirus, nearly two-thirds of them in Europe, since it emerged in China last December.

In total, 180,289 deaths have been recorded worldwide for 2,596,383 infections. There were 112,848 deaths in Europe for 1,263,802 cases on the hardest-hit continent.

The United States is the country with the most deaths at 45,153, ahead of Italy with 25,085, Spain 21,717, France 21,340 and Britain with 18,100.

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