Saturday, Sep 26, 2020 | Last Update : 09:47 PM IST
186th Day Of Lockdown
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Record spike in virus cases in US as states push ahead with reopening
Many state health officials partly attribute the increase to gatherings over the Memorial Day holiday weekend in late May
15 Jun 2020 10:24 AM
Pakistan puts foot down on safety breaches as coronavirus cases top 100,000
Pakistan has been setting records for the number of new daily infections over the last 10 days, partly reflecting increased testing
08 Jun 2020 3:53 PM
Global coronavirus death toll tops 3,75,000
United States recorded most deaths, with 105,160, ahead of Britain with 39,045, Italy with 33,475, Brazil with 29,937 and France at 28,833
02 Jun 2020 1:23 PM
Brazil's COVID-19 death toll surpasses Spain's
Brazil is second in the number of confirmed cases, though trailing far behind the United States which has 1.7 million infections
30 May 2020 11:02 AM
Patient tally continues to fall in France
Two weeks after lifting lockdown, France had an increase of 0.2%, below the average 0.3% increase of the past seven days in new virus cases
24 May 2020 3:43 PM
Cyclone Amphan death toll rises to 85 in Bengal, residents protest over basic needs
People in various parts of Kolkata staged protests and blockades since Friday night demanding immediate resumption of power and water supply
23 May 2020 3:33 PM
Virus hits young people harder in Brazil
A closer look at the data from Brazil raises questions about the widely held idea that COVID-19 is mainly dangerous for the elderly
22 May 2020 12:53 PM
Coronavirus tally in India nears 1 lakh, deaths cross 3,000
A record jump of 5,242 cases in the last 24 hours
18 May 2020 10:48 AM
India's covid19 infections cross 70,000-mark, death toll rises to 2,293
Of the 2,293 deaths, Maharashtra accounts for the highest number of fatalities at 868
12 May 2020 10:52 AM
Italy tops 30,000 coronavirus deaths
Compared to Italy, only United States and Britain have seen more deaths from the virus
09 May 2020 3:43 PM
Brazil emerges as next big coronavirus hotspot
New cases rose roughly 9.2% over the last 24 hours, while deaths increased roughly 7.8%
07 May 2020 12:58 PM
Coronavirus infects 90k frontline healthworkers across the globe
International Council of Nurses reveal the disease has killed more than 260 nurses, as per data from 30 countries
07 May 2020 12:38 PM
Italy begins to emerge from world's longest nationwide lockdown
Italy's staggered reopening is complicated by a highly decentralised system that allows the country's 20 regions to layer on their own rules
04 May 2020 8:50 AM
Pakistan sees highest single day spike in covid cases
Pakistan's coronavirus tally records 19,52 new cases; death toll raised to 440
03 May 2020 1:52 PM
Coronavirus global death toll hits 2,40,000
The United States has the highest number of total deaths with 65,645 out of 1,121,414 cases.
03 May 2020 12:20 PM
UK shadows Italy as worst hit in Europe
United Kingdom’s COVID-19 death toll rose by 621 on Saturday to a total of 28,131 as of May 1
03 May 2020 11:04 AM
Britain hits coronavirus testing target as death toll leaps again
Johnson and his government have been criticised for not stepping up testing, and also for moving slowly on bringing in the lockdown
02 May 2020 1:36 PM
'So what?' says Bolsonaro on 5000 corona deaths in Brazil
The far-right leader's off-the-cuff comment has been sparking anger among the public
02 May 2020 12:28 PM
Russia reports record spike in daily Covid cases after PM's infection
The nationwide case tally rose by 7,933 cases and now stands at 114,431, while the official overall death toll stands at 1,169
02 May 2020 10:28 AM
Spain sees further dip in daily virus death toll
This is the fifth straight day that the number of daily deaths has hovered around 300, with the lowest figure since March 20
30 Apr 2020 4:20 PM
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