• By Aalok Sensharma
  • Sun, 26 Apr 2020 09:21 AM (IST)
  • Source:JND
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Geneva (Switzerland) | Jagran News Desk: The global death toll due to the novel coronavirus has crossed the 2,00,000-mark, reported news agency AFP.

According to an AFP tally, the novel virus, which originated in December last year, has claimed 2,00,736 lives and affected 28,64,070 in 193 countries so far. Of the total number of cases, 7,72,900 have completely recovered.

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Here are key things you need to know:

  • Since Friday evening, 6,813 new deaths and 93,320 infections were recorded worldwide. The United States, the worst-hit country, registered 2,710 of those deaths, Britain 813 and Italy 415. The United States has the highest number of deaths with 53,070 from 924.865 cases.
  • Italy has the second highest toll with 26,384 deaths out of 195,351 cases, followed by Spain (22,902 deaths and 223,759 cases), France (22,614 deaths and 161,488 cases) and the UK with 20,319 fatalities and 148,377 cases.
  • China -- excluding Hong Kong and Macau -- has to date declared 4,632 deaths and 82,816 cases, just 12 more since Friday.
  • Europe has a total of 122,171 deaths from 1,360,314 cases, the United States and Canada have 55,586 deaths and 969,896 cases, Asia has 7,854 deaths from 195,102 cases.
  • Latin America and the Caribbean have reported 7,434 deaths from 150,162 cases, the Middle East has 6,225 deaths from 150.625 cases, Africa has 1,361 deaths from 29,981 cases and Oceania has 105 deaths from 7,991 cases.
  • Meanwhile, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has warned that it has ‘no evidence’ that patients who recovered from the deadly infection have antibodies for the virus and are protected from it.
  • "There is currently no evidence that people who have recovered from #COVID19 and have antibodies are protected from a second infection," WHO said in a statement.
  • "People who assume that they are immune to a second infection because they have received a positive test result may ignore public health advice," it said.
  • The WHO further said that it continued to review the evidence on antibody responses to the virus, which emerged in the central Chinese city of Wuhan late last year.
  • Most studies have shown that people who have recovered from infection have antibodies to the virus, the WHO said. However, some of them have very low levels of neutralizing antibodies in their blood, "suggesting that cellular immunity may also be critical for recovery", it added.

 (With inputs from agencies)