Coronavirus toll at 1900 GMT Tuesday

• Of these cases, at least 567,400 are now considered recovered.
• Many countries are testing only the most serious cases.
• China -- excluding Hong Kong and Macau -- has to date declared 4,632 deaths and 82,758 cases.

PARIS: The worldwide death toll from the novel coronavirus pandemic rose to 174,001 on Tuesday, according to a tally from official sources compiled by AFP at 1900 GMT.

More than 2,525,240 declared cases have been registered in 193 countries and territories since the epidemic first emerged in China in December.

Of these cases, at least 567,400 are now considered recovered.

The tallies, using data collected by AFP from national authorities and information from the World Health Organization (WHO), probably reflect only a fraction of the actual number of infections.

Many countries are testing only the most serious cases.

Since 1900 GMT Monday, 5,244 new deaths and 68,529 infections were recorded worldwide. The United States, now the worst-hit country, registered 1,106 of those deaths, Britain 828 and Italy 534.

The US death toll stood at 43,200 with 804,194 infections. At least 73,533 patients have recovered.

Italy is the next most affected country in terms of deaths with 24,648 fatalities and 183,957 confirmed infections.

It is followed by Spain with 21,282 fatalities and 204,178 confirmed infections, France with 20,796 deaths and 158,050 infections and Britain with 17,337 deaths and 129,044 cases.

China -- excluding Hong Kong and Macau -- has to date declared 4,632 deaths and 82,758 cases.

Europe has listed 1,234,340 cases and 109,381 deaths to date, the US and Canada together have 841,584 cases with 44,982 deaths, Asia 174,020 cases with 7,191 deaths, the Middle East 133,221 cases with 5,784 deaths, Latin America and the Caribbean 109,739 cases with 5,377 deaths, Africa 24,409 cases with 1,195 deaths and Oceania 7,927 cases with 91 deaths.