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Spain is now facing the worst coronavirus outbreak in the world behind Italy, after its reported deaths surpassed China’s on Wednesday. Spain announced 738 new deaths, taking its total to 3,434. That was the biggest overnight jump anywhere in the world and took Spain past the official tally of 3,285 deaths in China, where the […]
Three more people have died after contracting the novel coronavirus in Thailand, bringing the country’s total death toll to four, the Ministry of Public Health’s spokesperson said Tuesday. Thai authorities also reported 106 new confirmed coronavirus cases — bringing the national total to 827. Twenty of the new cases were imported overseas, the spokesperson said.
The global toll: There are 382,108 cases of novel coronavirus and 16,574 deaths globally, according to the Johns Hopkins University, which is tracking figures from the World Health Organization and additional sources. Hubei ending restrictions: The central Chinese province at ground zero for the novel coronavirus pandemic plans to lift nearly all lockdown restrictions on Wednesday. Measures will remain in place in […]
Italy reported more than 600 deaths from coronavirus on Monday, a high figure that is nonetheless lower than the record death toll registered a few days earlier. Another 601 people have died from the COVID-19 virus since Sunday night, Italy’s Civil Protection department announced on Monday evening, down from 651 in the previous 24 hours […]
President Trump played down the dangers of the coronavirus pandemic Monday, emphasizing the need for the country’s economy to get back to normal. “America will again — and soon — be open for business,” Trump said in a news conference. Experts warn that ending social distancing too soon would lead to a spike in cases, […]
Schools across the UK will close “until further notice” from Friday. GCSEs and A-level exams have been scrapped. Boris Johnson said the Government would try to keep the duration of school closures to an “absolute minimum” and intended to “get things going again as fast as we can”. The UK’s death toll hit 104 today […]
Italy on Sunday reported 368 new deaths from the coronavirus outbreak as the country’s death toll hit 1,809 while the number of positive cases rose to 24,747 from 21,157 on Saturday, the country’s civil protection authority said. Governments around the world have stepped up restrictions on the movement of their citizens to reduce the spread of the COVID-19 […]
Spain’s streets have turned eerily empty since the government declared the state of emergency and imposed a nationwide lockdown for two weeks – aiming to stop the spread of the coronavirus in the country. As of Monday, 7,988 cases of Covid-19 and 294 deaths were registered in Spain, the second-most affected country in Europe after […]
Italy reported 345 new coronavirus deaths in the country over the last 24 hours taking its total death toll to 2,503 – an increase of 16 percent. The total number of cases in Italy rose to 31,506 from a previous 27,980, up 12.6 percent – the slowest rate of increase since the contagion came to light on February 21. […]
The United States and European nations are stepping up measures to tackle the spread of coronavirus and counteract its economic impact, as the numbers of deaths and infections continue to grow. The White House announced Tuesday that it is looking to send checks directly to Americans in order to soften the economic fallout from the […]
