120 cases, two deaths
KUCHING: Sarawak today recorded 120 positive Covid-19 cases, bringing the state’s tally to 3,499 cases. The state also recorded two more Covid-19 related deaths, bringing the total number of fatalities to 30. Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) said 52 of the new cases were reported in Sibu,11 in Subis, 10 in Miri, nine each in […]
Two more deaths up toll to 28
KUCHING: Sarawak recorded two new Covid-19 fatalities today (Jan 24) — both in Sibu, bringing the total number of deaths to 28 cases. Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) said the first victim was Case 2,963 involving a 53-year-old local woman who was referred to Sibu Hospital on Jan 20. “She experienced breathing difficulty and then […]
Latest Coronavirus global developments
PARIS: Here are the latest developments in the coronavirus crisis: Death toll tops 800,000 The pandemic has killed at least 800,004 people worldwide since surfacing in China late last year, according to a tally from official sources compiled by AFP at around 1100 GMT Saturday. More than 23 million cases have been registered in 196 […]
India’s Covid-19 death toll rises to 9,195, cases reach 320,922
NEW DELHI: India’s federal health ministry said Sunday morning that 311 new deaths of Covid-19 and 11,929 more positive cases were reported, taking the number of deaths to 9,195 and total cases to 320,922. “As on 8 am (local time), today 9,195 deaths related to novel coronavirus have been recorded in the country,” the ministry […]
Britain revises up virus-related deaths to 46,000
LONDON: Britain’s number of deaths “involving” the coronavirus has risen to 46,000, substantially higher than the 36,914 fatalities officially reported so far, according to a statistical update released Tuesday. The daily death tolls released in Britain only include fatalities that have been confirmed by a positive test. But the Office for National Statistics (ONS) conducts […]
India records biggest single-day spike of Covid-19 cases, tally reaches 26,496
NEW DELHI: India’s federal health ministry said Sunday morning that 45 new deaths due to Covid-19 and an additional 1,554 positive cases were reported since Saturday evening across the country, taking the number of deaths to 824 and total cases to 26,496, reported Xinhua News Agency. In the last 24 hours the country recorded 1,990 […]
US Covid-19 cases rise by nearly 40,000 over 24 hours
NEW YORK: Confirmed Covid-19 cases in the United States reached 823,786 as of 8 pm EST on Tuesday, up by 39,460 from 24 hours earlier, Xinhua news agency reported according to the data compiled by Johns Hopkins University. Meanwhile the US have recorded a death toll of 44,999 as of Tuesday night, an increase of […]
US registers highest daily rise in death toll with 2,228 dying in 24 hours
MOSCOW: The United States has registered at least 2,228 deaths related to Covid-19 over the past 24 hours, the largest day-on-day increase since the start of the outbreak, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University. Sputnik news agency reported that at least 25,757 people have now died after contracting the disease, according to the […]
142 new cases, two deaths recorded
PUTRAJAYA: A total of 142 new positive Covid-19 cases were recorded in the country as at noon today, bringing the total to 2,908. Health director-general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said two more deaths due to the disease were recorded today, which brings the total number of fatalities to 45 or 1.55 per cent of the total cases. He said 102 Covid-19 positive cases were being treated at the Intensive Care […]
Global coronavirus cases surpass 700,000
ANKARA: The number of coronavirus cases worldwide surpassed 704,000 on Sunday, Anadolu Agency reported based on data compiled by the US-based Johns Hopkins University. The virus known as Covid-19, which emerged in Wuhan, China, last December, has spread to at least some 202 countries and regions around the globe, with over 33,500 deaths worldwide. A total […]
