The novel coronavirus has killed at least 2,716,035 people since the outbreak emerged in China in December 2019, according to a tally from official sources compiled by AFP at 1100 GMT on Monday.
At least 123,177,480 cases of coronavirus have been registered.
The vast majority have recovered, though some have continued to experience symptoms weeks or even months later.
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 Sunday, 5,630 new deaths and 406,869 new cases were recorded worldwide.
Based on latest reports, the countries with the most new deaths were Brazil with 1,290, followed by the United States with 449 and Russia with 361.
The United States is the worst-affected country with 542,359 deaths from 29,819,107 cases.
After the US, the hardest-hit countries are Brazil with 294,042 deaths from 11,998,233 cases, Mexico with 198,036 deaths from 2,195,772 cases, India with 159,967 deaths from 11,646,081 cases, and the United Kingdom with 126,155 deaths from 4,296,583 cases.
The country with the highest number of deaths compared to its population is Czech Republic with 232 fatalities per 100,000 inhabitants, followed by Belgium with 196, Slovenia 191, Montenegro 191 and Hungary 189.