Global COVID-19 death toll tops 800,000: WHO


By Liu Qu
  • World
  • Monday, 24 Aug 2020

GENEVA, Aug. 23 (Xinhua) -- The COVID-19 death toll worldwide has surpassed 800,000 as of Sunday, according to the latest numbers from the World Health Organization (WHO).

Globally, as of 12:48 pm CEST (1048 GMT) on Sunday, there have been 23,057,288 confirmed cases of COVID-19, including 800,906 deaths, reported to the WHO.

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