Tag: Death toll

• Friday, August 14th 2020 - 09:40 UTC

  Peru with half a million coronavirus contagions and the highest death toll in the region

  

  Peru surpassed half a million coronavirus cases and has the highest death toll in Latin America, according to Health Ministry data released on Thursday, as the government struggles to contain a recent surge in infections.

• Thursday, August 13th 2020 - 06:24 UTC

  Britain lowers pandemic death toll with a new counting method

  

  Britain's official death toll from the COVID-19 pandemic was lowered by over 5,000 on Wednesday as the government adopted a new way of counting fatalities after concerns were raised that the old method overstated them.

• Monday, August 10th 2020 - 06:06 UTC

  Covid-19 daily death count controversy in the UK

  

  The UK's official COVID-19 daily death count could be scrapped following an investigation into Public Health England's method of counting the toll, The Telegraph newspaper reported.

• Saturday, August 8th 2020 - 08:30 UTC

  Latin America becomes the region hardest-hit by coronavirus deaths

  

  Latin America and the Caribbean surpassed Europe on Friday to become the region hardest-hit by coronavirus deaths, as India passed the somber step of recording over two million infections. The world's worst-hit region had reported 213,120 fatalities, 460 more than Europe, according to a tally based on official data.

• Monday, August 3rd 2020 - 10:59 UTC

  Coronavirus death toll in Latin America at over 200,000

  

  The death toll in Latin America from the novel coronavirus passed 200,000 on Saturday night underlining the region's status as one of the global epicenters of the pandemic that is testing governments to the limit.

• Monday, August 3rd 2020 - 10:53 UTC

  Mexico becomes the country with the third most Covid-19 deaths, ahead of Britain

  

  Mexico has overtaken Britain to become the country with the third-most deaths due to Covid-19, according to data released by the Health Ministry. Reported fatalities rose to reach 46,688, the data shows.

• Thursday, July 30th 2020 - 09:50 UTC

  Brazil coronavirus outbreak about to reach the milestone 100,000 death toll

  

  Brazil's coronavirus outbreak set daily records on Wednesday with both 69,074 new confirmed cases and 1,595 related deaths, as the world's second-worst outbreak accelerates toward the milestone of 100,000 lives cut short.

• Tuesday, July 21st 2020 - 08:46 UTC

  Brazil death toll surpasses 80,000; WHO says outbreak has reached a plateau

  

  Brazil's coronavirus death toll surpassed 80,000 on Monday, according to health ministry figures, as the country hit second-hardest in the world continued struggling to control the pandemic.

• Tuesday, July 14th 2020 - 09:59 UTC

  Latin America death toll from coronavirus now exceeds North America

  

  The number of deaths from the coronavirus in Latin America has exceeded the figure for North America for the first time since the start of the pandemic. Latin America had by Monday seen at least 144,680 deaths so far, compared to 143,847 deaths in North America - comprising Canada and the United States - according to official counts.

• Monday, July 13th 2020 - 09:58 UTC

  Despite strict quarantine, Argentina exceeds 100,000 cases of Covid-19 infections

  

  Argentina exceeded 100,000 cases of novel coronavirus infections on Sunday as it struggles to contain spiraling case rates despite an almost four-month strict quarantine imposed on the capital Buenos Aires and its surroundings. The health ministry said 2,657 new cases confirmed overnight took the total to 100,166.