A worker sanitizes the railings surrounding the General Hospital's triage area for COIVD-19 patients in Mexico City on June 12, 2020 amid the novel coronavirus pandemic. - The pandemic has killed at least 421,691 people worldwide since it surfaced in China late last year, according to an AFP tally at 1100 GMT on Friday, based on official sources. Latin America has become the epicentre of the pandemic with more than 73,600 deaths, over half of which have been in Brazil. (Photo by Alfredo ESTRELLA / AFP)
AMERIKA SYARIKAT: Angka korban akibat Covid-19 global terus meningkat sebanyak 5,000 kes dalam tempoh 24 jam lalu.
Statistik Johns Hopkins University menunjukkan jumlah kumulatif kematian global kini melebihi 428,000 kes.
Amerika Syarikat (AS) kekal merekodkan jumlah kematian tertinggi dengan 115,000 kes.
United Kingdom (UK) dan Brazil masing-masing merekodkan angka korban sebanyak 41,000 kes.
Manakala kes kematian di Itali berada pada paras 34,000 kes.
Sementara itu, Perancis dan Sepanyol masing-masing mencatatkan angka kematian 29,000 dan 27,000 kes.
Negara lain masih mencatatkan angka korban di bawah 17,000 kes.-AFP