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Global death toll from coronavirus nears 34 lakh

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Published: 10:37, 17 May 2021  
Global death toll from coronavirus nears 34 lakh

A total of 9,544 more people died from coronavirus infections worldwide in the last 24 hours, raising the total number of deaths in the virus to 33,92,965.

Besides, some 5,33,630 people tested positive for coronavirus (Covid-19) worldwide over the same period, bringing the total number of infected cases to 16,37,09,076.

International survey organisation Worldometer disclosed the information on Monday (May 17) morning.

The first coronavirus outbreak occurred in Wuhan, China, in December of 2019. It started spreading in different countries of the world since then.

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