The number of people who have died as a result of the coronavirus pandemic now exceeds 10,000, according to an AFP tally based on official data at 10.30 am GMT on Friday.
Altogether, 10,080 deaths have been reported, most of them in Europe (4,932) and Asia (3,431), in which Italy is the worst affected country with 3,405 fatalities, followed by China with 3,248, the initial epicenter of the outbreak, and Iran with 1,433.
