Sarawak records five new cases

KUCHING: Sarawak recorded another five positive Covid-19 cases yesterday (April 19), bringing the total number of cases in Sarawak to 408 since the first positive case was reported on March 13. All these five cases are being treated at Sarawak General Hospital (SGH) Kuching. Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah when delivering the daily […]

Covid-19 cases in Japan exceed 10,000

TOKYO: Japan’s health ministry and local governments said Saturday that the number of Covid-19 infections nationwide had risen to 10,098 cases as of Saturday afternoon, as the country enters the first weekend since a state of emergency was expanded nationwide in a bid to stem the spread of the virus, China’s Xinhua news agency. After […]

Number of confirmed cases in South Korea now 10,653

SEOUL: The number of confirmed cases of Covid-19 in South Korea has risen by 18 to 10,653 over the past day, Sputnik news agency reporting Health Ministry’s Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC) as saying on Saturday. The death toll has risen from 230 to 232 within the same period of time, according to the KCDC. […]

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 […]

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 […]

Eleven new Covid-19 cases

KUCHING: Eleven more Sarawakians were diagnosed with Covid-19 yesterday, pushing the number of positive cases to 129. Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas said the new cases comprised six males and five females. “All these patients have been admitted to the Sarawak General Hospital, Kuching. The first positive case was reported on March […]

Death toll at 23, 235 new cases recorded

PUTRAJAYA: Four new Covid-19 related fatalities were recorded as at noon today, bringing the death toll in Malaysia to 23, a New Straits Time report said. PUTRAJAYA: A total of 235 new positive COVID-19 cases were recorded in the country as at noon today, the highest daily increase to date, bringing the total to 2,031, with the […]

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. […]

Europe reports over 17,000 new Coronavirus cases in 24 hrs

GENEVA: Europe reported 17,506 new cases of Covid-19 in the past 24 hours as of midnight Thursday, bringing the total number of confirmed cases in the region to 104,591, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said Friday in a daily situation report. A total of 4,899 patients in Europe had died of Covid-19 as of 23:59 […]

110 new cases, tally now 900

PUTRAJAYA: Another 110 new Covid-19 cases were reported yesterday, raising the total number of confirmed cases to 900 in the country, Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr Adham Baba said. He said 63 of the 110 new cases were linked to the Sri Petaling mosque tabligh religious gathering cluster recently. “To date, a total of 20 […]