Europe coronavirus death toll tops 100,000: AFP tally

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Last Updated : Apr 19 2020 | 12:20 AM IST

The coronavirus has killed more than 100,000 people in Europe, nearly two thirds of the overall global death toll, according to an AFP tally Saturday at 1800 GMT.

With a total 100,501 deaths out of 1,136,672 infections, Europe is the hardest-hit continent by the COVID-19 pandemic, which has killed 157,163 worldwide.

The tallies are collated using date collected by AFP from national authorities and information from the World Health Organization (WHO).

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First Published: Apr 19 2020 | 12:20 AM IST

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