Confirmed global Covid-19 cases pass 25 million: AFP tally

People protest against the mandatory wearing of face masks in Paris on August 29, 2020.

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Paris

More than 25 million coronavirus cases have been confirmed worldwide, according to an AFP tally of official sources on Sunday at around 0430 GMT.

At least 25,029,250 people have been infected with the respiratory disease, of whom 842,915 have died.

Nearly 40 percent of all reported Covid-19 cases are in the United States and Brazil, the two worst-hit countries.