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More than 120,000 killed by coronavirus worldwide

The figures were collated using data collected by AFP from national authorities and information from the World Heal
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  • The figures were collated using data collected by AFP from national authorities and information from the World Health Organization (WHO).
  • The novel coronavirus has killed more than 120,000 people worldwide, nearly 70 percent of them in Europe.

A total of 120,013 deaths have now been recorded since the epidemic first emerged in China in December, 81,474 of them in Europe.

The figures were collated using data collected by AFP from national authorities and information from the World Health Organization (WHO).