It took 83 days for the first 50,000 deaths to be recorded and just eight more for the toll to climb to 100,000. Source: Johns Hopkins UniversityBut it is still far short of the so-called Spanish flu, which began in 1918 and is estimated to have killed more than 20 million people by the time it petered out in 1920. Source: Johns Hopkins UniversitySome countries, including Italy, France, Algeria, the Netherlands, Spain and Britain are reporting that more than 10% of all confirmed cases have been fatal. Southern Europe alone accounts for more than a third of global deaths, despite recording just 20% of cases. In many countries, official data includes only deaths reported in hospitals, not those in homes or nursing homes.

Source: bd News24 April 10, 2020 18:00 UTC