The number of confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus exceeded 6 million worldwide, two-thirds of them in Europe and the United States, according to an AFP tally on Saturday.

Iran Press/Europe: There were at least 6,115,250 cases of coronavirus recorded and 369,567 deaths so far. Europe remains the continent hardest hit by the pandemic, with 2,135,170 cases and 177,595 deaths.

The United States is the worst-hit country, with 1,814,554 cases and 105,514 deaths. But the virus is now spreading fastest in Latin America, with more than 45,000 cases in the last 24 hours, for a total of 944,695 cases and 49,230 deaths.

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