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19 May 2020updated 29 Jul 2021 11:20am

Where is the Covid-19 death rate still rising?

Western Europe and the US might have passed the peak of coronavirus, but many countries around the world are still very much fighting a rising tide.

Brazil, Mexico, Russia, Peru, India, Pakistan, and Indonesia have all seen daily death figures rise, when calculated as a seven-day rolling average.

The rise in South America and elsewhere means that global figures are only going down slightly week-on-week, despite big falls in Europe.

In the last seven days, 32,151 people died after testing positive for the disease, according to the latest data from John’s Hopkins University.

That compares to 34,793 over the previous week.

At least 318,481 people have now died from the disease worldwide.

Covid-19 daily report

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