The coronavirus pandemic has killed 400,000 people since it emerged in China late last year, according to an AFP tally of official sources at 1430 GMT on Sunday.
A total of 400,052 deaths have now been recorded a figure that has doubled in the past month and a half.
While almost half of the deaths have been recorded in Europe (183,428), the United States remains the hardest-hit nation with 109,802 deaths from 1,920,061 cases.
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Britain is next with 40,542 deaths, followed by Brazil (35,930), Italy (33,846) and France (29,142).
– AFP
