More than 150,000 people have died after catching coronavirus in the United Kingdom, the government said Saturday, in a tragic milestone for one of the worst affected countries in Europe. Prime Minister Boris Johnson posted a message on Twitter saying: “Coronavirus has taken a terrible toll on our country and today the number of deaths recorded has reached 150,000.” The government reported that deaths within 28 days of a positive Covid test had reached 150,057 […]
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Malaysia floods death toll rises to 27
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AFP) — The death toll from Malaysia’s worst floods in years rose to 27 on Wednesday, as a clean-up operation gathered pace and residents assessed the damage unleashed by the disaster. Days of torrential rain caused rivers to overflow at the weekend, swamping cities, cutting off major roads, and forcing tens of thousands of people to flee their homes. Selangor — Malaysia’s most densely populated and wealthiest state, encircling the capital […]
US cities remain locked in a grim spiral of record homicides
by Cyril JULIEN Agence France Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Several American cities, both large and small, have seen a record number of homicides this year, a deadly spiral born at the height of the Covid-19 pandemic last year and which the authorities are still struggling to control. A convergence of factors is to blame, according to experts interviewed by AFP: the painful reverberations of the coronavirus and of the varied traumas it […]
Death toll from Super Typhoon Odette passes 30
by Ferdinandh Cabrera Agence France Presse SURIGAO CITY, Philippines (AFP) — More than 30 people were killed in the strongest typhoon to hit the Philippines this year, official figures showed Saturday, with a charity reporting “alarming” destruction on islands that bore the brunt of the storm. Hundreds of thousands fled their homes and beachfront resorts as Typhoon Rai ravaged the southern and central regions of the archipelago, knocking out communications and electricity in many […]
Powerful tornadoes kill 83 across six US states
by Cyril JULIEN Agence France Presse MAYFIELD, United States (AFP) — Rescuers were desperately searching for survivors early Sunday after dozens of devastating tornadoes tore through six US states, leaving at least 83 people dead, dozens missing and towns in ruin. President Joe Biden called the wave of tornadoes, including one that travelled more than 200 miles, “one of the largest” storm outbreaks in American history. “It’s a tragedy,” a shaken Biden, who pledged […]
Peru surpasses 200,000 Covid deaths: officials
by Luis Jaime CISNEROS Agence France Presse LIMA, Peru (AFP) — Peru, which has the world’s highest Covid-19 death rate per capita, has surpassed 200,000 deaths from the coronavirus, the health ministry said on Friday. The ministry announced 25 new deaths over the previous 24 hours, taking the South American country over the symbolic threshold with 200.003 deaths since the pandemic started in March 2020. The Andean country of 33 million has also recorded […]
New COVID cases, deaths rise for the 2nd straight day: 5,823 new infections, 283 deaths
Highest percentage of COVID-19 deaths recorded for the month (Eagle News) — The Department of Health reported 5,823 new COVID cases and 283 deaths on Friday, Oct, 22, the second straight day that new cases and deaths are increasing. On Thursday, there were 4,806 new COVID-19 cases, which is higher than the previous day’s record of 3,656. New COVID fatalities reported then were 260, after Wednesday’s record of only five due to technical problems with […]
Lowest global coronavirus death toll for 11 months
PARIS, France (AFP) — The weekly number of coronavirus deaths worldwide has fallen to levels unseen for almost a year, according to an AFP count on Monday based on official national figures. The 53,245 deaths recorded worldwide between September 27 and October 3, an average of 7,606 each day, showed that the global pandemic continues the downward trend that began at the end of August, after a peak of around 10,000 deaths per day. […]
US surpasses 700,000 Covid deaths: Johns Hopkins
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — US fatalities from Covid-19 surpassed 700,000 on Friday, according to figures from Johns Hopkins University, a toll roughly equivalent to the population of the nation’s capital Washington. The grim threshold comes with an average of well over 1,000 dying each day, in a country where 55.7 percent of the population is now fully vaccinated, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. After a heavily criticized early response […]
Russia reports record daily coronavirus deaths
MOSCOW, Russia (AFP) — Russia on Tuesday recorded its highest daily coronavirus death toll yet, following an increase in cases linked to the Delta variant and a lacklustre vaccination drive. A government tally reported 852 fatalities over the past 24 hours, a record in Russia since the start of the pandemic. The new figure brings the country’s total deaths from Covid-19 to 205,531 — the highest in Europe. Authorities have been accused of downplaying […]
Davao Oriental to be under ECQ from Sept. 8 to 21 due to “alarming surge” in COVID cases, deaths
90.6 percent of deaths were unvaccinated while 0.6 percent were fully vaccinated (Eagle News) – The province of Davao Oriental will be under Enhanced Community Quarantine (ECQ) starting Wednesday, Sept. 8 until 21 due to an “alarming surge of COVID-19 cases and deaths.” The two-week ECQ was agreed upon by the Provincial Task Force on COVID-19 and all local chief executives of the province to address this surge. They said the increasing number of […]
New COVID recoveries surge to almost 22K, highest in 4 months; but new cases reported still over 20K
Total no. of active cases at 157,646 lower than previous day; percentage of COVID-deaths at 1.65 percent lowest since May (Eagle News) – The number of new COVID-19 recoveries increased on Saturday, Sept. 4, as the country recorded almost 22,000 recoveries, according to the Department of Health data. New recoveries reached 21,962 bringing the total number of recoveries to nearly 1.87 million (1,869,376). The number is also higher than the new COVID-19 cases for the […]
