Global COVID-19 deaths surpass 700,000, one person passes away every 15 seconds on average

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A health employee in personal protective devices reacts as she and the rest of the group walk through a street throughout a check up campaign for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) at a run-down neighborhood area in Mumbai, India, Aug 3,2020 (REUTERS/Francis Mascarenhas)

05 Aug 2020 01: 56 PM( Upgraded: 05 Aug 2020 02: 31 PM)

WASHINGTON: The global death toll from COVID-19 surpassed 700,000 on Wednesday (Aug 5), according to a Reuters tally, with the United States, Brazil, India and Mexico leading the increase in fatalities.

Almost 5,900 people are passing away every 24 hours from COVID-19 typically, according to Reuters computations based upon data from the past 2 weeks.

That corresponds to 247 individuals per hour, or one person every 15 seconds.

More than 100 million people across Latin America and the Caribbean live in run-down neighborhoods, according to the United Nations Human Being Settlements Program.

The United States, house to around 330 million individuals, has also been battered by the infection in spite of being one of the richest countries in the world.

Individuals line up at a food bank following the outbreak of coronavirus illness (COVID-19), the Manhattan district of New york city City, New York City, US, Jul 30,2020 (Photo: REUTERS/Carlo Allegri)

Australia, Japan, Hong Kong, Bolivia, Sudan, Ethiopia, Bulgaria, Belgium, Uzbekistan and Israel all just recently had record boosts in cases.

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