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Global coronavirus death toll has hit 200,698 on Saturday, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University.
The number of fatalities due to coronavirus stood at 100,000 on April 10 and 150,00 on April 17.
The United States reported the highest number of deaths from the coronavirus with 52,782 fatalities, according to JHU. That’s almost double the 26,384 deaths reported by Italy, the country with the world’s second-highest number of fatalities.
The data also showed that both Spain and France have been hard-hit, with each country having over 22,000 deaths.
