This archive report was first published on 19 June 2020.
As of June 18, 2020, the world has witnessed a devastating surge in Covid-19 cases, with the death toll doubling in just over a month and a half.
According to an AFP tally compiled from official sources, a total of 450,004 people have lost their lives to the disease, out of 8,395,929 reported cases worldwide since Covid-19 emerged in China late last year.
Europe has been the continent most severely affected, with 190,120 deaths from 2,469,242 infections. However, the pandemic is now spreading rapidly in Latin America, where 86,706 deaths have been recorded from 1,840,488 cases.
