Global deaths from COVID-19 pass 75,000 mark - Johns Hopkins

The number of COVID-19-related deaths around the world passed a sobering new milestone with 75,945 total fatalities on Tuesday, Anadolu Agency reported according to data by the Johns Hopkins University.

After emerging in Wuhan, China last December, the COVID-19 virus has spread to at least 184 countries and regions with nearly 1.4 million cases.

The university's running tally also counted over 289,000 recoveries.

Italy, Spain, and France continue to be the countries facing the most fatalities, while the US has the largest number of cases with more than 368,000. Death toll in the US is roughly 11,000.

Spain and Italy follow the US in terms of number of cases, with over 140,000 and 132,000 cases, respectively. However, Italy has the most COVID-19-related fatalities with 16,523 followed by Spain with 13,798.

Nearing the 100,000 mark in terms of cases, France has the third-highest death toll with 8,911.

China, ground zero of the virus, most recently reported 3,335 deaths and nearly 83,000 cases.

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