New Delhi,
The novel coronavirus death toll across the world crossed 80,000 on Wednesday, according to the data released by Johns Hopkins University’s Coronavirus Resource Centre.
A total of 82,145 people have died so far, with 1,431,375 infections recorded globally. Besides, 301,385 people diagnosed with the virus around the world have recovered so far.
Italy, Spain, UK and France continue to be the countries facing the most fatalities, while the US has the largest number of positive cases with more than 383,000. Spain, Italy and France follow the US in the number of cases, with over 140,000, 135,000 and 110,00, respectively.
Death toll in Italy is 17,127, in Spain 13,897, in the US 12,021, and 10,343 in France.
Many countries have restricted travel from the most affected areas and implemented lockdowns as the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the outbreak a global pandemic with Europe being its new epicentre. ( IANS )
