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Coronavirus Death Toll Tops 41,000 Worldwide, With 850,000 Infections
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By Kyodo News 1 April 2020
GENEVA—The death toll from the new coronavirus surpassed 41,000 while the total number of confirmed infections topped 850,000 on Tuesday, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University of the United States.
Italy claimed the most fatalities with 12,428, followed by Spain at 8,269. The two European countries account for roughly half the world’s coronavirus deaths
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