Some 103,000 people have died worldwide from the coronavirus in 193 countries and territories, according to an AFP tally at 11am Saturday based on official sources.
There have been more than 1,700,770 reported infections. Italy has had the highest death toll with 18,849, followed by the US, Spain with 16,353, France with 13,197 and Britain with 8,958.
Spain registers a fall in its daily death toll for a third consecutive day with 510 people dying in the last 24 hours. - More than 500,000 cases in US - The United States tops half a million reported infections yesterday, according to Johns Hopkins University.
It also becomes the first country in the world to register more than 2,000 deaths from the virus in a single day, bringing its total