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Global death toll for pandemic now above 600,000

John Hopkins University’s tally as of Saturday night says the United States tops the list with 140,103 deaths.

Cemetery workers build a new section to make space for new burials at Campo da Esperanca cemetery, in the Taguatinga neighborhood of Brasilia, Brazil, Friday, July 17, 2020. Brazil is nearing 2 million cases of COVID-19 and 75,000 deaths. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)

By The Associated Press

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Johns Hopkins University says the global death toll from COVID-19 has surpassed 600,000.

The university’s tally as of Saturday night says the United States tops the list with 140,103 deaths. It is followed by 78,772 fatalities in Brazil and 45,358 in the United Kingdom.

The number of confirmed infections worldwide has passed 14.2 million, out of which 3.7 million are in the United States. There are over 2 million in Brazil and more than 1 million in India.

The World Health Organization again reported a single-day record of new infections with 259,848.

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