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THE DAY IN PHOTOS: June 15, 2021

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Updated as of Aug 16 03:16 PM

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Taking a breather

Timur Matahari, AFP
Posted at Jun 15 09:34 PM

Exhausted grave diggers rest in between funerals at a cemetery designated for COVID-19 victims in Bandung, Indonesia on Tuesday as infection numbers soar in the country. Read more »

Brazil hits record COVID-19 death toll in April

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Apr 25 07:45 AM

Brazil marked a grim milestone Saturday, as April became the deadliest month yet in the country's COVID-19 epidemic, authorities said. Read more »

More than 2.8 million dead worldwide due to COVID-19: AFP tally

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Apr 05 11:04 AM

The coronavirus has killed at least 2,847,182 people since the outbreak emerged in China in December 2019, according to a tally from official sources compiled by AFP, as of Monday.  Read more »

Spain coronavirus death toll tops 70,000: health ministry

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 04 05:06 AM

MADRID - Spain's coronavirus death toll surged past the 70,000-mark on Wednesday, health ministry figures showed, after the country in February suffered its second-worst month for virus deaths since the start of the pandemic.   Read more »

UK death toll 'horrendous,' minister says as grim milestone of 100,000 looms

Reuters
Posted at Jan 20 05:05 PM

LONDON - As the United Kingdom's COVID-19 death toll approached 100,000, Home Secretary Priti Patel said on Wednesday that the numbers were horrendous but that it was not the time to look back at the government's possible mismanagement of the crisis.   Read more »

WHO fears spike in deaths after global COVID-19 surge

Stephanie Nebehay and John Miller, Reuters
Posted at Oct 15 05:31 AM

GENEVA/ZURICH - The World Health Organization (WHO) on Wednesday warned against any complacency in the coronavirus death rate, saying with the increasing number of cases, mortality would also rise. Read more »

COVID-19 death toll unacceptably high: WHO

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 19 03:22 AM

The respiratory disease has killed nearly 947,000 people since the outbreak emerged in China last December, according to a tally from official sources compiled by AFP, while more than 30.2 million cases have been registered. Read more »

Over 7,000 health workers dead from coronavirus, Amnesty says

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 04 05:40 AM

MEXICO CITY - At least 7,000 health workers worldwide have died after being infected with the coronavirus, including more than 1,300 in Mexico alone, the most for any country, Amnesty International said Thursday.   Read more »

Global coronavirus deaths near 650,000 as new surges prompt fresh curbs

Gina Doggett, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 28 04:19 AM

Recorded deaths from the coronavirus neared 650,000 on Monday as the disease surged back at hotspots in Asia, Europe and the Americas, prompting renewed restrictions, targeted lockdowns and compulsory mask-wearing orders. Read more »

Global coronavirus death toll passes 600,000: AFP tally

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 19 10:46 AM

PARIS - The new coronavirus pandemic has claimed more than 600,000 lives worldwide, an AFP tally showed Sunday. Read more »

The pandemic's big mystery: How deadly is the coronavirus?

Donald G. McNeil Jr., The New York Times
Updated as of Jul 06 09:41 AM

More than six months into the pandemic, the coronavirus has infected more than 11 million people worldwide, killing more than 525,000. But despite the increasing toll, scientists still do not have a definitive answer to one of the most fundamental questions about the virus: How deadly is it?   Read more »

Peru's coronavirus deaths surge past 7,000

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jun 17 11:58 AM

LIMA - Peru's health ministry said Tuesday that the hard-hit nation's coronavirus death toll had reached 7,056, the third-highest in Latin America after Brazil and Mexico. Read more »

Mexico records more than 15,000 dead from coronavirus

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jun 11 03:11 PM

Mexico's death toll from the new coronavirus passed 15,000, its government said Wednesday, as the country also recorded its highest number of infections in one day. Read more »

Declared coronavirus cases top 7 million globally: AFP

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jun 08 04:10 PM

Declared coronavirus infections topped seven million globally, some two-thirds in Europe and the United States, according to an AFP tally of official figures at 0700 GMT Monday.    Read more »

US adds almost 700 new coronavirus deaths in 24 hours

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jun 08 10:02 AM

The coronavirus pandemic killed 691 people in the United States over the past 24 hours, the lowest number in a week, figures from Johns Hopkins University showed on Sunday.   Read more »

Virus deaths reach 375,000 as Latin America struggles

Pascale Trouillaud with AFP bureaus, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jun 02 07:28 PM

Health care systems across Latin America risk being overwhelmed by the illness, the World Health Organization said, as fatalities from the disease in hard-hit Brazil neared 30,000. Read more »

First virus death in Nepal -- a new mother

Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 17 07:11 AM

KATHMANDU - Nepal reported its first coronavirus death late Saturday -- a 29-year-old woman who recently gave birth -- as the total number of people infected in the country reached 281. Read more »

More than 4.2 million coronavirus cases worldwide; 289,000 dead

Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 13 05:03 AM

The novel coronavirus has killed at least 289,138 people since the outbreak first emerged in China last December, according to a tally from official sources compiled by AFP at 1900 GMT on Tuesday.   Read more »

Worldwide coronavirus cases exceed 3.5 million: AFP tally

Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 04 12:04 PM

PARIS, France - The number of confirmed coronavirus cases worldwide surpassed 3.5 million on Monday, with three quarters of them in Europe and the United States, an AFP tally based on official sources showed. Read more »