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More than 400,000 people have now lost their lives to Covid-19
Jun 8, 2020NEW YORK, New York, (Xinhua) — The global COVID-19 death toll surpassed 400,000 on Sunday, according to the Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) at Johns Hopkins University.
The death toll from the coronavirus reached 400,243 as of 8:33 a.m. (1233 GMT), and total caseloads around the world rose to 6,923,836, according to the CSSE.
The United States reported the most COVID-19 cases and deaths, standing at 1,920,061 and 109,802, respectively. Other countries with over 20,000 fatalities included Britain, Brazil, Italy, France and Spain.
(Pictured: Medical staff wearing protective suits transport a patient confirmed with COVID-19 infection into a hospital in Skopje, North Macedonia, June 6, 2020. Photo credit: Tomislav Georgiev/Xinhua).
