World Coronavirus Dispatch: At 800,000, global deaths hit one every 15 secs

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The global death toll from the coronavirus surpassed 800,000 on Saturday, according to a Reuters tally, with the US, Brazil and India leading the rise in fatalities. That equates to 246 people per hour, or one person every 15 seconds. The rate of deaths is holding steady with it taking 17 days to go from 700,000 to 800,000 deaths — the same time it took to go from 600,000 to 700,000. Read more here

Let’s look at the global statistics:

Total Confirmed Cases: 23,203,532

Change Over Yesterday: 234,442

Total Deaths: 804,431

Total Recovered: 14,912,501

Nations hit with most cases: US (5,668,245),