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Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 29, 2020
Spain’s COVID-19 death toll rises by 838 overnight to 6,528
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MADRID: Spain awoke to its third week under near-total lockdown on Sunday (Mar 29), as the government met to approve a strengthening of measures and the coronavirus death toll rose by a record 838 cases overnight to 6,528. Second only to Italy in fatalities, Spain also saw infections rise to 78,797 from 72,248 the day
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 29, 2020
New Zealand records first death tied to COVID-19
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MELBOURNE: New Zealand recorded its first death related to COVID-19, and the number of people infected with the virus rose by 63 cases to a total of 514, Director-General of Health Ashley Bloomfield said on Sunday (Mar 29). Bloomfield said the woman who died was in her 70s and was initially diagnosed with influenza. Advertisement
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 29, 2020
Italy’s COVID-19 death toll tops 10,000 despite long lockdown
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ROME: The coronavirus toll in Italy shot past 10,000 on Saturday (Mar 28) and showed little sign of slowing despite a 16-day lockdown. The 889 new fatalities reported in the world’s worst-hit nation came a day after it registered 969 deaths on Friday – the highest single toll since the COVID-19 virus emerged late last year. Advertisement
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 28, 2020
Iran coronavirus death toll tops 2,500
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TEHRAN: Iran announced on Saturday (Mar 28) that 139 more people had died from the novel coronavirus, raising the official death toll to 2,517 in one of the world’s worst-affected countries. Health ministry spokesman Kianoush Jahanpour told a news conference that 3,076 more cases had been confirmed in the past 24 hours, bringing the total number
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 27, 2020
130 new COVID-19 cases in Malaysia, death toll rises to 26
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KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia reported 130 new COVID-19 cases on Friday (Mar 27), bringing the country’s total to 2,161. “A total of 54 positive cases are being treated in the intensive care unit, of which 34 are in need of ventilators,” Health director-general Noor Hisham Abdullah said. Advertisement Advertisement He added that 44 more patients have been discharged on Friday,
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 26, 2020
Malaysia reports 235 new COVID-19 cases, death toll rises to 23
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KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia on Thursday (Mar 26) reported 235 new COVID-19 cases, taking the national total to 2,031 – the highest in Southeast Asia. The health ministry also said the country’s death toll increased to 23, as of 5pm on Thursday. Advertisement Advertisement Sixty of the new cases are related to a cluster linked to a
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 26, 2020
COVID-19 death toll passes 20,000, three billion under lockdown
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MADRID: More than 3 billion people around the world were living under lockdown on Wednesday (Mar 25) as governments stepped up their efforts against the coronavirus pandemic which has left more than 20,000 people dead. As the number of confirmed cases worldwide soared past 450,000, UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres warned that only a concerted global
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 25, 2020
Malaysia COVID-19 death toll rises to 19; 172 new cases reported
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PUTRAJAYA: A total of 172 new COVID-19 cases were reported on Wednesday (Mar 25), bringing the total number of cases in Malaysia to 1,796 since the start of the outbreak, while the total number of deaths rose by three to 19. Health director-general Noor Hisham Abdullah said initial investigations indicated that of the 172 new cases, 71 were linked to the Sri Petaling mosque
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 25, 2020
First known US child COVID-19 death was teen ‘in good health’
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LOS ANGELES: The first known death of a child due to COVID-19 in the United States was a teenager in previously good health, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti said on Tuesday (Mar 24). The death of the youth from Lancaster, just north of Los Angeles, was reported hours earlier by public health officials, and comes despite the
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 25, 2020
France coronavirus death toll jumps 240 to 1,100
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PARIS: The coronavirus has killed another 240 people in France, the top French health official said on Tuesday (Mar 24), bringing the death toll in the country from the pandemic to 1,100. Jerome Salomon told reporters that 22,300 people had tested positive for the virus in France, with a total of 10,176 hospitalised of whom 2,516
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 25, 2020
Iran rejects ‘foreign’ help as coronavirus death toll nears 2,000
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TEHRAN: A senior Iranian official on Tuesday (Mar 24) ruled out “foreign” help on the ground to deal with the coronavirus epidemic after an offer from a France-based medical charity, as the country’s death toll from the illness neared 2,000. “Due to Iran’s national mobilisation against the virus and the full use of the medical
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 25, 2020
Malaysia reports 16th COVID-19 death
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KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia recorded another COVID-19-related fatality on Tuesday (Mar 24), bringing the death toll in the country to 16. In a Facebook post, Health director-general Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said the 75-year-old Malaysian man with a history of chronic illness was the 1,334th COVID-19 confirmed case. Advertisement Advertisement Explore: Interactive map of all the confirmed cases reported around
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 24, 2020
Spain COVID-19 death toll rises by 514 to 2,696
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MADRID: Another 514 people have died in Spain over the past 24 hours, raising the death toll to 2,696, as the number of infections surged towards 40,000, the government said Tuesday (Mar 24). As the health authorities step up the number of tests, the number of people who have been diagnosed with COVID-19 rose by nearly
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Commentary: Funeral homes and morgues face challenges as coronavirus death toll rises
MELBOURNE: The coronavirus is not only affecting the way we live, it’s also dramatically affecting the way we die. In Australia, Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced that funerals would be limited to a maximum of ten people to limit the spread of COVID-19. However, the states may have some leeway in permitting an extra one