Death toll reaches 14, with 212 new cases reported
PUTRAJAYA: Four Covid-19 deaths were reported in the country today, bringing the total to 14, since the start of the outbreak, with 212 new cases also reported today, increasing the cumulative total to 1,518 positive cases. Health director-general Datuk Dr Nor Hisham Abdullah said the 11th death comprising case number 1,070 was a 70-year-old Malaysian man, with overseas travel history. […]
Another death recorded in Malaysia
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia has recorded another death, bringing the Covid-19 death toll in the country to nine to date. Health director-general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said the patient was the Health Ministry’s medical doctor with a travel history to Turkey. The case was suspected to be related to the history of travel abroad and not from […]
Worldwide death toll due to coronavirus nears 11,500
ANKARA: With the global death toll on Saturday approaching 11,500 health officials worldwide announced new cases in coronavirus’ continuing spread, Anadolu Agency reported. The country with the highest loss of life due to coronavirus is Italy, where 4,032 people have so far died, after eclipsing China earlier this week. Mainland China, where the outbreak started […]
Spain testing Covid-19 drugs
OVIEDO, Spain: The death toll Friday from the coronavirus in Spain surpassed 1,000 and the number of confirmed cases approached 20,000, Anadolu Agency reported health officials as saying. Reducing the transmission rate of the virus known as Covid-19 has become an urgent global goal. It is the reason why nations around the world are cancelling […]
Singapore records first two Covid-19 deaths
SINGAPORE: Singapore today reported its first two Covid-19 related deaths. The republic’s Ministry of Health (MOH) said the first patient was a 75-year-old female Singaporean and the second case was a 64-year-old male Indonesian. MOH said the elderly Singaporean was admitted to the National Centre for Infectious Diseases (NCID) on Feb 23 for pneumonia and was […]
One more fatality in Malaysia, death toll now four
PUTRAJAYA: One COVID-19 patient has died today, bringing the number of fatalities in the country so far to four, the Health Ministry said. Health director-general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said the latest death was of a 50-year-old Malaysian man, Case 238 who was from the tabligh cluster. “He was admitted to the Melaka Hospital […]
Malaysia records first two deaths
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia recorded its first two deaths from Covid-19 today, Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr Adham Baba said. “The 178th case is a Malaysian, aged 34, who attended the tabligh religious gathering at Masjid Jamek in Sri Petaling recently. He began showing symptoms on March 5 and received treatment at Permai Hospital in Johor Bahru on March […]
16 dead, seven missing after building collapse
KARACHI: Pakistani rescuers using their bare hands searched Friday for seven people missing after an apartment building collapsed, as more bodies were pulled from the rubble, taking the death toll to 16. Soldiers have been deployed to help in the search efforts after a five-storey building and two adjoining houses collapsed in the port city […]
Death toll in Delhi rises to 42
NEW DELHI: The death toll during communal violence in the Indian capital city Delhi Friday evening rose to 42, officials said, China’s Xinhua News Agency reported. Over 350 people were also injured in the violence that ravaged the city for three days. “As per records available at different hospitals, the death toll by now is […]
Covid-19 claims 71 lives, 508 new confirmed cases
BEIJING: Chinese health authority said Tuesday it received reports of 508 new confirmed cases of novel coronavirus infection and 71 deaths on Monday from 31 provincial-level regions and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps, reported Xinhua news agency. Among the deaths, 68 were in Hubei Province, two in Shandong Province and one in Guangdong Province, […]
