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Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 10, 2020
Canada reports first COVID-19 death as number of infected climbs
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OTTAWA: Canada on Monday (Mar 9) reported its first death from a new coronavirus as the number of people in the nation who have contracted the disease jumped to above 70, officials said. The dead man had been living in a nursing home, the Lynn Valley Care Centre in North Vancouver, British Columbia’s chief health
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 10, 2020
Canada reports first coronavirus death as number of infected climbs
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OTTAWA: Canada on Monday (Mar 9) reported its first death from a new coronavirus as the number of people in the nation who have contracted the disease jumped to above 70, officials said. The dead man had been living in a nursing home, the Lynn Valley Care Centre in North Vancouver, British Columbia’s chief health
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 9, 2020
Italy has highest COVID-19 fatalities after China as death toll triples
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ROME: Italy’s death toll from the novel coronavirus soared on Sunday (Mar 8), overtaking South Korea as the country with the highest number of fatalities after China. The death count in Italy nearly tripled from 133 to 366, and infections rose by a single-day record of 1,492 to hit 7,375. Advertisement Advertisement The outbreak has now killed
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 9, 2020
Hong Kong reports third COVID-19 death
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HONG KONG: A 76-year-old Hong Kong woman died after she became infected with the novel coronavirus, becoming the city’s third fatality from the disease, the city’s hospital authority said on Sunday (Mar 8). The woman developed fever, shortness of breath, cough and abdominal pain on Feb 28 and was admitted to hospital the same day. Advertisement
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 8, 2020
Third coronavirus-related death in Australia after Sydney man dies
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SYDNEY: A man in his 80s died in a Sydney hospital after testing positive to COVID-19, becoming the third coronavirus-related casualty in Australia, state health authorities said on Sunday (Mar 8). The total number of coronavirus cases has topped 70 in Australia with state and federal health authorities fretting over the risk of more widespread
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 8, 2020
Italy coronavirus death toll tops 230, cases near 6,000
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ROME: Italy’s death toll from the novel coronavirus rose by 36 to 233 on Saturday (Mar 7) while the number of infections shot up by a single-day record of 1,247 to hit 5,883. Italy has recorded the most deaths of any country outside China and the third-most COVID-19 infections after China and South Korea. Advertisement
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 7, 2020
Spain virus death toll hits eight as infections jump
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MADRID: Spain reported five new deaths due to the novel coronavirus on Friday (Mar 6), bringing the toll to eight as officials shuttered elderly care centres across Madrid after a spike in cases. The disease claimed the lives of three elderly men in the Madrid region, as well as that of an 87-year-old woman in Badalona
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 6, 2020
South Korea reports 196 new COVID-19 infections as death toll rises
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SEOUL: South Korea reported 196 new coronavirus cases on Friday (Mar 6), bringing the country’s total to 6,284, the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said. The agency added that seven more deaths from the virus were reported, bringing the total to 42. On Thursday, as the number of cases continued to rise in the country, South Korea
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 6, 2020
COVID-19 death toll hits 12 in US, helicopter flies test kits to cruise ship
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WASHINGTON: The death toll from coronavirus in the United States rose to 12 on Thursday (Mar 5) with the latest fatality recorded in King County, Washington, and 53 new cases broke out across the country, striking for the first time in Colorado, Tennessee, Texas and San Francisco. A helicopter flew testing kits to a cruise
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 6, 2020
First UK death confirmed in coronavirus outbreak
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LONDON: Britain on Thursday (Mar 5) announced its first death from coronavirus within the country, as the total number of confirmed cases jumped to 115. “I am very sorry to report a patient in England who tested positive for COVID-19 has sadly died,” England’s chief medical officer Chris Whitty said in a statement. Advertisement Advertisement The
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 5, 2020
China’s COVID-19 death toll surpasses 3,000
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BEIJING: China on Thursday (Mar 5) reported 31 more deaths from COVID-19, taking its overall toll past 3,000. Hubei, the province at the epicentre of the outbreak, accounted for all of the new deaths. In Wuhan, 23 people died. Advertisement Advertisement The death toll from the outbreak in mainland China reached 3,012 as of the end of Wednesday,
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 4, 2020
COVID-19 has affected almost all Iran’s provinces, death toll hits 92
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DUBAI: An outbreak of novel coronavirus has affected almost all of Iran’s provinces, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Wednesday (Mar 4), according to the official presidency website. “This disease is a widespread disease,” he said during a cabinet meeting. “It has reached almost all our provinces and in one sense it’s a global disease.”
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 4, 2020
Orchard Towers death: First two men sentenced for role in fatal fight
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SINGAPORE: Two men were sentenced to jail on Wednesday (Mar 4) for their roles in a gang fight that led to the death of a man at Orchard Towers last year. Joel Tan Yun Sheng, 26, was given four weeks’ jail after pleading guilty to voluntarily causing hurt to the victim by common intention. Another charge of consorting
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 4, 2020
US death toll from COVID-19 rises to nine
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LOS ANGELES: The US death toll from the novel coronavirus rose to nine on Tuesday (Mar 3), all in the state of Washington and many of them residents of the same nursing home, officials said. Eight of the deaths have been in King County, which encompasses Seattle, and one was in neighbouring Snohomish County. Advertisement Advertisement
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