This archive report was first published on 18 June 2020.
As of June 18, 2020, the world has witnessed a devastating 450,004 deaths from COVID-19, out of 8,395,929 reported cases since the disease emerged in China late last year.
According to an AFP tally compiled from official sources, the number of people killed by coronavirus worldwide has doubled in just a month and a half, with Europe being the hardest-hit continent.
Europe has recorded 190,120 deaths from 2,469,242 infections, but the pandemic is now spreading most rapidly in Latin America, which has recorded 86,706 deaths from 1,840,488 cases.
