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84 recoveries, 57 new cases, 2 deaths today

PUTRAJAYA: The Covid-19 new positive cases in the country remain in double digits with another 57 cases recorded as at noon today, bringing the tally to 6,002 cases. Health director-general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said of the new cases, 25 are imported while the remaining are local transmissions. He said today also recorded 84 […]

Some 2,000 Covid-19 deaths in US in past 24 hours

WASHINGTON: Almost 2,000 people died from Covid-19 in the United States in the past 24 hours and more than 36,100 new coronavirus cases were confirmed in that period, according to data from Johns Hopkins University, reported Sputnik News Agency.   The total number of coronavirus fatalities in the US currently stands at over 53,300 with 1,995 […]

US sees 32,000 new cases with 3,857 deaths in 24 hours

WASHINGTON: The United States has registered 31,905 new cases of Covid-19 within the past 24 hours, with 3,857 new fatalities, Johns Hopkins University said. The death toll in the US stands now at 36,997 people, while the total number of confirmed cases has reached 701,475, Sputnik news agency reported. The World Health Organisation declared the Covid-19 […]

US coronavirus death toll tops 30,000

WASHINGTON: The death toll from the novel coronavirus disease (Covid-19) in the United States has topped 30,000 people, reported Sputnik news agency based on data from Johns Hopkins University. The number of deaths in the country currently stands at 30,844, and 638,111 cases of Covid-19 have been confirmed. About 2,500 people have died over the […]

Over 22,000 deaths from Covid-19 confirmed in USA

MOSCOW: The US death toll from the coronavirus disease has surpassed 22,000 while the total number of confirmed coronavirus cases in the country is over 555,300 reported Sputnik news agency, according to data from the Johns Hopkins University. As of 04:00 Moscow time on Monday (01:00 GMT) there were 555,313 coronavirus cases in the US, […]

Woman, 47, victim No. 14

KUCHING: Sarawak recorded one death from the coronavirus (Covid-19) yesterday, bringing the state’s total to 14 deaths. The latest victim is a 47-year-old woman from Kuching. She started having cough and fever on April 2 and was admitted to Sarawak General Hospital (SGH) Kuching on April 8, two days later (April 10) she was diagnosed […]

US now 1st in world with number of virus deaths

ANKARA: The US passed Italy on Saturday to record the highest death toll in the world from the novel coronavirus, Anadolu Agency quoted Johns Hopkins University as saying. The university’s running tally counted 19,882 deaths and 514,415 cases as the US struggles to curb the outbreak. A total of 29,347 people have recovered from the disease. […]

179 new cases, four more deaths

PUTRAJAYA: A total of 179 new positive cases of Covid-19 and four more fatalities have been reported in the country as at noon today, bringing the tally to 3,662 cases and 61 deaths. Health director-general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said 46 of the 179 new cases were linked to the tabligh assembly cluster in Seri […]

100,000 to 2.2 million Americans could succumb to Covid-19

WASHINGTON: The novel coronavirus (Covid-19) death toll in the United States may range from 100,000 people in the good and up to 2.2 million people in the worst-case scenario, Sputnik news agency reported according to expert materials released on Tuesday by the White House. The favourable scenario involves “intervention”, that is, measures by the authorities […]

Global death toll surpasses 40,000

ANKARA:  The global death toll from coronavirus climbed over 40,000 on Tuesday, according to figures compiled by US-based Johns Hopkins University, reported Anadolu Agency. The virus known as Covid-19, which emerged in Wuhan, China last December, has spread to at least 179 countries and regions around the globe, while confirmed cases have exceeded 823,000. More than 174,000 people diagnosed […]