The novel coronavirus has killed at least 2,408,243 people since the outbreak emerged in China in December 2019, according to a tally from official sources compiled by AFP at 1100 GMT on Tuesday.
At least 109,074,730 cases of coronavirus have been registered. Of these, at least 66,872,700 are now considered recovered.
These figures are based on daily tolls provided by health authorities in each country and exclude later re-evaluations by statistical organizations, as has happened in Russia, Spain and Britain.
On Monday, 6,743 new deaths and 278,225 new cases were recorded worldwide.
Based on latest reports, the countries with the most-new deaths were the United States with 1,009 new deaths, followed by Spain with 702 and Brazil and Germany, both with 528.
The United States is the worst-affected country with 486,332 deaths from 27,694,647 cases.
After the US, the hardest-hit countries are Brazil with 239,773 deaths from 9,866,710 cases, Mexico with 174,657 deaths from 1,995,892 cases, India with 155,813 deaths from 10,925,710 cases, and the United Kingdom with 117,396 deaths from 4,047,843 cases.
The country with the highest number of deaths compared to its population is Belgium with 187 fatalities per 100,000 inhabitants, followed by Slovenia with 179, the United Kingdom 173, the Czech Republic 172 and Italy 155.