NEW YORK: The global death toll due to the COVID-19 pandemic crossed the one lakh mark on Friday, with 1,00,156 reported fatalities. According to a tally, 16,39,763 cases have been reported so far around the world.

In the past 30 days, 95,000 persons have died due to the deadly virus and 50,000 in the past 10 days. The USA and Italy remain the worst-hit places in the world with 17909 and 18849 deaths respectively. France has reported 12210 deaths.