On Thursday, 10,352 new deaths and 542,248 new cases were recorded worldwide. File photo

More than 122 million people have been reported to be infected by the novel coronavirus globally and 2,810,880 have died, according to a Reuters tally on Friday.

Infections have been reported in more than 219 countries and territories since the first cases were identified in China in December 2019.

At least 122,490,928 cases of coronavirus have been registered. The vast majority has  recovered, though some have continued to experience symptoms weeks or even months later.

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These figures are based on daily tolls provided by health authorities in each country and exclude later re-evaluations by statistical organisations, as has happened in Russia, Spain and Britain.

On Thursday, 10,352 new deaths and 542,248 new cases were recorded worldwide.

The United States remains the worst-affected country with 539,699 deaths from 29,667,759 cases.

Based on latest reports, the countries with the most new deaths were Brazil with 2,724 new deaths, followed by the United States with 1,376 and Mexico with 698.

The United States remains the worst-affected country with 539,699 deaths from 29,667,759 cases.

After the US, the hardest-hit countries are Brazil with 287,499 deaths from 11,780,820 cases, Mexico with 196,606 deaths from 2,182,188 cases, India with 159,370 deaths from 11,514,331 cases, and the United Kingdom with 125,926 deaths from 4,280,882 cases.

The country with the highest number of deaths compared to its population is Czech Republic with 227 fatalities per 100,000 inhabitants, followed by Belgium with 195, Slovenia 190, Montenegro 188 and the United Kingdom 185.

Europe overall has 911,769 deaths from 40,825,963 cases, Latin America and the Caribbean 733,681 deaths from 23,260,255 infections, and the United States and Canada 562,279 deaths from 30,589,363 cases.

Asia has reported 265,018 deaths from 16,870,208 cases, the Middle East 109,631 deaths from 6,090,040 cases, Africa 108,967 deaths from 4,077,976 cases, and Oceania 968 deaths from 33,830 cases.

Since the start of the pandemic, the number of tests conducted has greatly increased while testing and reporting techniques have improved, leading to a rise in reported cases.

However the number of diagnosed cases is only a part of the real total number of infections as a significant number of less serious or asymptomatic cases always remain undetected.