Global COVID-19 deaths top 120k

The number of coronavirus fatalities has reached 120,434 worldwide.

The most deaths are in the US (23,649), Italy (20,465), Spain (17,756), and France (14,967).

The global tally stands at 1,933,800, resulting in 456,539 recoveries.

The novel coronavirus (COVID-19) emerged in late 2019 in China’s Hubei province, and the virus has spread to 210 countries and territories since then.

On February 11, the WHO officially named the 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) as COVID-19, and on March 11, declared it a pandemic.