Iraq confirms 30 new COVID-19 cases, 2 more deaths
World | Mar 26, 2020, 08:37 AM ISTThe Iraqi Health Ministry has confirmed two more deaths from COVID-19 and 30 new cases, bringing the total number of the infected to 346.
The Iraqi Health Ministry has confirmed two more deaths from COVID-19 and 30 new cases, bringing the total number of the infected to 346.
Global death toll for coronavirus has surged pass the 9,000 mark as over 220,000 cases have been reported worldwide. The virus that originated in China has now found its roots in other parts of the world. Europe has been tipped as the new epicenter for the disease. Italy, Spain, Germany and the UK have all seen growing number of coronavirus cases in the last few weeks.
Iran's Ministry of Health and Medical Education on Tuesday announced that the number of COVID-19 cases in the country has climbed to 16,169 with the death toll reaching 988, Xinhua reported.
The death toll due to the COVID-19 outbreak in China has increased to 3,226, authorities said on Tuesday, while the number of confirmed cases in the Asian country has risen to 80,881.
Five people were killed and seven injured when an avalanche hit a hill station in Pakistan's Abbottabad district. The avalanche hit on Tuesday night, reported the Xinhua news agency.
Japan on Wednesday cancelled several prayer meetings to mark the ninth anniversary of a powerful earthquake-triggered tsunami in wake of the coronovirus outbreak.
Most of the cases are in China, but its proportion is shrinking as the caseload grows elsewhere. A total of 59,905 people have been recovered from the disease in China and globally, the number is more than 60,000.
Rescuers searched through shattered Tennessee neighborhoods for bodies Tuesday, less than a day after tornadoes ripped across Nashville and other parts of the state as families slept. At least 24 people were killed, some in their beds, authorities said.
Four people were killed and five injured when their pick-up van overturned in Chhattisgarh's Bastar district on Monday, police said.
The death toll in the riot-hit northeast Delhi has surged to 46 after four people who were being treated at a hospital succumbed to injuries. As per reports, 38 people were admitted at Guru Teg Bahadur (GTB) hospital, 3 were at Lok Nayak Hospital, 1 at Jag Parvesh Chander Hospital and 4 at Dr Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital.
The outbreak of COVID-19 in Iran has affected 987 people, of which 54 had died so far, the Ministry of Health and Medical Education announced on Sunday.
The death toll in the stone quarry incident in the Billi Markundi mining area here reached five, police said on Sunday. Bodies of three trapped labourers were retrieved around 4 am on Sunday.
China's coronavirus death toll climbed to 2,870 with 35 new deaths, while the confirmed cases increased to 79,824 even as the infections outside the worst-hit Hubei province dropped with only three positive cases reported in a single day, continuing the trend of slowdown in the rest of the country, health officials said Sunday.
Amid the escalating death tolls, South Korea on Saturday has 594 more cases Coronavirus, leading to 2931 total cases. The viral outbreak that began in China has infected more than 83,000 people globally.
The coronavirus death toll in mainland China has increased to 2,592 with 77,150 confirmed cases, health authorities said on Monday. The National Health Commission received reports of 409 new cases and 150 deaths on Sunday from 31 provincial-level regions on the mainland, reports Xinhua news agency.
Eight people were killed in Turkey in a magnitude 5.7 earthquake that struck western Iran early Sunday morning, Turkish Interior Minister Suleiman Soylu said.
Six people were killed and as many were injured when their van rammed into a stationary truck in Haryana on Monday, police said.
In Hong Kong, authorities evacuated some residents of an apartment block after two cases among those living there raised suspicion that the coronavirus may be spreading through the building’s plumbing.
One person was killed and seven others were injured after a fire erupted in a Los Angeles hotel, authorities said. Emergency crews were called to the two-story building when the fire broke out at around 2 a.m.
The Death toll in China's novel coronavirus epidemic has climbed to 636 with 73 mortalities on Thursday, while the total number of confirmed cases crossed 31,000, Chinese health officials said on Friday.
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