Number of global daily Covid deaths hits new record

Deaths from coronavirus worldwide reach over 1.3 million, according to Reuters tally

Medical staff members treat a patient suffering from coronavirus in the COVID-19 intensive care unit (ICU) at the United Memorial Medical Center (UMMC) in Houston, Texas (Getty Images)

The global daily coronavirus death count hit a new record of 10,816 deaths in a single day, according to a Reuters tally.

The previous record of 10,733 global daily deaths was recorded on 4 November, reported the agency. Reuters’ coronavirus tracker has registered a global death toll of 1,336,000 so far.

The US is the country worst affected by the Covid-19 pandemic and leads the world in the daily average number of new deaths reported, accounting for one in every 12 deaths reported worldwide each day.

There have been 11.38 million positive coronavirus infections recorded in the US since the start of the pandemic, with a death toll standing at a staggering 248,574.

Brazil and India are the only two other countries who have reported more than 100,000 deaths since the first coronavirus-related death was reported in Wuhan, China, in January.

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Brazil has recorded a total of 166,699 Covid-19 deaths, followed by India with 130,993.

In Europe, the UK is the only European nation to report more than 50,000 deaths and has the highest number of coronavirus deaths in the region, followed by Italy with 46,464 deaths and France with 46,273.

France became the first European nation to surpass two million coronavirus cases on Monday, making it the country with the fourth highest number of infections reported in the world, according to the Reuters tally.

Numerous countries are in the grip of a second wave of the coronavirus, with governments reintroducing national lockdowns or stricter control measures to try and slow its spread.

Governments across Europe have imposed local curfews, closures of non-essential shops and other hospitality venues, and are restricting movement.

Britons living in England are halfway through a second national lockdown, while the Scottish government recently imposed harsher restrictions in certain parts of the country for the next three weeks, in hopes of bringing infection numbers down to allow for Christmas celebrations to go ahead.

However, the business secretary, Alok Sharma, said on Wednesday that it is “too early” to know if restrictions could be eased at Christmas.

In the US, a number of state governors have reinstated restrictions to control the spread of the virus and some are urging the public not to travel or socialise with extended family during the upcoming Thanksgiving holidays.

Additional reporting by Reuters