According to an AFP report, made from official sources on Sunday, more than 6,000 people have died from the coronavirus worldwide and the number of infected is close to 160,000 cases reported. China remains the country with the largest virus outbreak with the highest number of deaths, 3,199.

The coronavirus epidemic has already claimed the lives of more than 6,000 people. This is confirmed by the latest assessment by AFP from official sources. The number of deaths from the new coronavirus worldwide has reached 6,036, after Spain announced 105 new deaths in the last 24 hours. A total of 159,844 cases of contamination have been identified worldwide.

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Italy and Spain particularly affected

China remains the country with the most important virus center with the highest number of deaths, 3,199, and more than 80,844 cases declared but also 66,911 cures. It is now in Europe that the epidemic is progressing most rapidly.

Italy is the first European home and the second most affected country in the world with 1,441 deaths out of the 1,907 deaths recorded on European soil. Spain, which has just crossed the 7,700-case mark, is the second most affected European country, with 288 deaths.