Media playback is unsupported on your device People from ethnic minorities are at a higher risk of dying from coronavirus, a report by Public Health England says. It shows age remains the biggest risk factor, while being male is another. The impact of Covid-19 is also “disproportionate” for other Asian, Caribbean and black ethnicities. But… Read More »
Britain announces 121 Covid-19 daily deaths – taking official number of fatalities to 36,914 It marks the lowest Monday Covid-19 death toll since lockdown was enforced on March 23 – 74 deaths For comparison, 160 coronavirus deaths were announced last Monday and 118 were recorded yesterday Death numbers given on Sundays and Mondays are usually… Read More »
An elderly woman with a pre-existing medical condition has died of the coronavirus in NSW, taking the state’s toll to 23 and the number of nationwide deaths to 56. Health authorities on Saturday confirmed 44 new cases of COVID-19, taking the state total to 2857, as NSW residents were implored to stay home over the… Read More »
UK’s official death toll leaps by record 786 in 24 hours – plus 68 extra victims reported around the country: Total hits 6,159 with latest victims including a ‘healthy’ 23-year-old with ‘no underlying conditions’ as Boris battles the virus in ICU England records 758 more deaths, along with 74 in Scotland, 19 in Wales and… Read More »
The number of confirmed coronavirus cases has risen above 40,000 with the number of deaths rising above 900 as of Monday morning. A staff member measures temperature of people entering Ping’an International Financial Center in Shenzhen, south China’s Guangdong Province. It has been reported by Chinese Authorities that on Sunday, 3,281 patients who were infected… Read More »
After nearly a week of roaming China’s epidemic-struck city, filming the dead and the sickened in overwhelmed hospitals, the strain of being hounded by both the new virus and the country’s dissent-quelling police started to tell. Chen Qiushi looked haggard and dishevelled in his online posts, an almost unrecognisable shadow of the energetic young man… Read More »