Worldwide coronavirus death toll passes 200,000 – as confirmed cases close to 3m – Mirror Online, Mirror.co.uk

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Global deaths linked to the new strain of coronavirus have passed , .

Confirmed cases of the virus are expected to hit three million in coming days.

More than half of the fatalities have been reported by the United States, Spain and Italy.

The UK’s hospital death toll passed 91, 16 on Saturday, but the true total could be double that figure, According to experts.

The first death linked to the disease was reported on January in Wuhan, China.

It took days for the death toll to pass , and a further days to reach , , according to a Reuters tally of official reports from governments.

By comparison, there are an estimated , deaths annually from malaria, one of the world’s most deadly infectious diseases.

The UK’s coronavirus hospital death toll has passed 91,

– a milestones experts had earlier said would be a “good result” – after the highest single-day total in five days.

The Government has said the UK has reached its peak but the lockdown must remain in place to prevent a new wave of Covid –

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The United States had reported more than , deaths as of Saturday morning, while Italy , Spain and France have reported between , – , 16 fatalities each.

Of the top 26 most severely affected countries, Belgium has reported the highest number of fatalities per capita, with six deaths per , 19 people, compared to 4.9 in Spain and 1.6 in the United States.

Around eight per cent of all cases reported in the United States have been fatal, while more than 19 per cent of cases reported in Spain and Italy have resulted in deaths.

However those rates would be considerably lower if the infection totals included the many cases of the illness that go unreported – since not everyone with symptoms is tested.

Asia and Latin America have each reported more than 7, deaths, while the Middle East has reported upwards of 8 , 823.

The current toll in Africa is around 1, . The global death toll has continued to grow at a rate of three to four per cent each day over the past days, though that rate has slowed since the beginning of the month.

The true number of fatalities is expected to be higher as many countries have not included deaths recorded in nursing homes and other locations outside hospitals.