Coronavirus toll at 1000 GMT Tuesday

PARIS AFP OCT5,2021 - The novel coronavirus has killed at least 4,805,049 people since the outbreak emerged in China in December 2019, according to a tally from official sources compiled by AFP at 1000 GMT on Tuesday.

At least 235,307,680 cases of coronavirus have been registered. The figures are based on daily reports provided by health authorities in each country.

They exclude revisions made by other statistical organisations, which show that the number of deaths is much higher.

The WHO estimates that the pandemic’s overall toll could be two to three times higher than official records, due to the excess mortality that is directly and indirectly linked to Covid-19.

On Monday, 6,424 new deaths and 431,818 new cases were recorded worldwide.

Based on latest reports, the countries with the most new deaths were United States with 2,052 new deaths.

The United States is the worst-affected country with 703,285 deaths from 43,852,265 cases.