Worldwide Covid-19 death toll passes 100,000 #COVID19 #coronavirus #pandemic #GlobalEmergency

The number of deaths around the world from the Covid-19 pandemic has now passed 100,000, 101 days after Chinese health authorities first alerted the World Health Organisation of a new coronavirus in Wuhan.

The worst affected country remains Italy, with 18,849 deaths so far, according to the tally kept by the Maryland, US-based Johns Hopkins University. The US is now the second worst-affected country, with 17,925 deaths. Spain is third, with 15,970 deaths.

Courtesy of theguardian.com