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Global death toll from coronavirus exceeds 34 lakh

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Published: 10:46, 18 May 2021  
Global death toll from coronavirus exceeds 34 lakh

A total of 10,733 more people died from coronavirus infections worldwide in the last 24 hours, raising the total number of deaths in the virus to 34,04,457.

Besides, some 5,35,371 people tested positive for coronavirus (Covid-19) worldwide over the same period, bringing the total number of infected cases to 16,42,78,319.

International survey organisation Worldometer disclosed the information on Tuesday (May 18) 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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