The new coronavirus has infected more than 200,000 globally since the beginning of the outbreak in December, according to any AFP tally on Wednesday.
Nearly 200,680 people around the world have been infected,with more than 8,000 deaths, as of 1300 GMT Wednesday.
The tallies are calculated using data collected by AFPoffices from national authorities and information from the World HealthOrganisation (WHO).
The global death toll from the new coronavirus pandemictopped 8,000 on Wednesday, according to an AFP tally based on official figures.As of 1200 GMT, 8,092deaths have been recorded, most of them in Europe (3,422) and in Asia (3,384),where the outbreak originated. With 684 new deaths in the past 24 hours out ofa total 78,766 cases, Europe is the continent where the pandemic is spreadingthe most rapidly.