Coronavirus death toll tops 41,000 worldwide, with 850,000 infections

[Photo courtesy of the U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases]GENEVA - The death toll from the new coronavirus surpassed 41,000 while the total number of confirmed infections topped 850,000 on Tuesday, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University of the United States.Italy claimed the most fatalities with 12,428, followed by Spain at 8,269. The two European countries account for roughly half the world's coronavirus deaths.COVID-19 has so far claimed 3,416 lives in the United States, eclipsing the figure in mainland China where the illness was initially reported…READ FULL ARTICLE