The epidemic of the new coronavirus has killed at least 4,689,140 people worldwide since the WHO office in China reported the onset of the disease in late December 2019, according to a report set up by AFP at 10:00 GMT on Monday from official sources. Took life

More than 228,494,810 cases of infection have been officially diagnosed since the start of the pandemic. Most patients recover, but the still poorly evaluated portion persists with symptoms for weeks or months.

The figures are based on daily reports sent out by health officials in each country. They exclude modifications made by some statistical organizations, which end up with very high numbers of deaths.

The WHO estimates that the consequences of the pandemic could be two to three times higher than officially recorded, taking into account the additional mortality rates directly and indirectly linked to COVID-19.

Despite the intensification of screening in many countries, a significant proportion of less severe or asymptomatic cases are also not known.

On Sunday, 5,440 new deaths and 363,125 new cases were reported worldwide.

The countries that have recorded the most new deaths in their latest reports are Russia, Malaysia (376) and Iran (344) with 778 new deaths.

The United States is the worst-hit country in terms of both deaths and cases, with 673,765 deaths among 42,087,485 cases, according to the Johns Hopkins University count.

The United States is followed by Brazil with 590,752 deaths and 21,239,783 cases, India with 445,133 deaths (33,478,419 cases), Mexico with 271,503 deaths (3,569,677 cases), and Peru with 199,066 deaths (2,167,008 cases).

Among the hardest-hit countries, Peru is the one that condemns the most deaths in relation to its population, with 604 deaths per 100,000 inhabitants, followed by Hungary (312), Bosnia (311), North Macedonia (310). Is. Montenegro (294) and Bulgaria (288).

Latin America and the Caribbean at 10 a.m. GMT on Monday, Europe 1,288,262 deaths (66,114,152 cases), Asia 824,079 deaths (52,888,412 cases), United States and Canada 701,160 deaths (43,660,830 cases), Africa 206,042 cases 44,422,489 cases total 1,473,165 deaths Happened. deaths (8,163,881 cases), 194,473 deaths in the Middle East (13,087,178 cases), and 1,959 deaths (157,871 cases) in Oceania.

The assessment was carried out by AFP offices using data collected from competent national authorities and information from the World Health Organization (WHO).

Due to corrections made by the authorities or late publication of data, the 24-hour growth figures may not be in line with the figures published exactly a day ago.