16 dead, seven missing after building collapse
KARACHI: Pakistani rescuers using their bare hands searched Friday for seven people missing after an apartment building collapsed, as more bodies were pulled from the rubble, taking the death toll to 16. Soldiers have been deployed to help in the search efforts after a five-storey building and two adjoining houses collapsed in the port city […]
Death toll in Delhi rises to 42
NEW DELHI: The death toll during communal violence in the Indian capital city Delhi Friday evening rose to 42, officials said, China’s Xinhua News Agency reported. Over 350 people were also injured in the violence that ravaged the city for three days. “As per records available at different hospitals, the death toll by now is […]
Covid-19 claims 71 lives, 508 new confirmed cases
BEIJING: Chinese health authority said Tuesday it received reports of 508 new confirmed cases of novel coronavirus infection and 71 deaths on Monday from 31 provincial-level regions and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps, reported Xinhua news agency. Among the deaths, 68 were in Hubei Province, two in Shandong Province and one in Guangdong Province, […]
Death toll in mainland China approaches 2,600
BEIJING: The death toll from the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has gone up to 2,592 in mainland China, with the total number of registered cases standing at 77,150 according to the country’s National Health Commission. The latest figures from the commission show that 24,734 people have recovered from the disease. Of the 49,824 who are currently […]
China virus cases drop
BEIJING: Fears mounted yesterday over the rise of new cases and fatalities outside China from the new coronavirus outbreak, as the World Health Organisation warned of a shrinking window to stem the spread of the deadly disease. The warning came as the first European died from the new Covid-19 strain, which first emerged in December […]
China’s death toll rises to 1,868
MOSCOW: The death toll in mainland China from the novel coronavirus outbreak has increased by 98 over the past 24 hours to 1,868, Sputnik news agency quoted the Chinese state health committee as saying on Tuesday. The number of confirmed cases has gone up by 1,886 to 72,436, it said. The number of people who have […]
COVID-19 death toll mounts in China
BEIJING: The death toll in China from the COVID-19 outbreak rose to 1,524, the country’s National Health Commission said Saturday, Anadolu Agency reported. Authorities said 66,492 confirmed cases have been reported, while in the last 24 hours, 143 people have died and almost 2,280 new cases have been detected. The number of those detected with the […]
Dzulkefly: recovery rate high
CORONAVIRUS WATCH By Mohd Fharkhan Abdul Ghapar and Muhamad Saufee Rosman PUTRAJAYA: The recovery rate for patients infected by the 2029 novel coronavirus is high, said Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr Dzulkefly Ahmad. He said the Geographical Information System of the Ministry of Health Malaysia found that 3,496 out of 40,555 or 8.6 per cent […]
Death toll from coronavirus outbreak in China rises to 1,016
BEIJING: The death toll from the novel coronavirus outbreak in China has reached 1,016 people while the number of confirmed cases has risen to 42,638, Sputnik news agency reported China’s state health committee as saying on Tuesday. “As of midnight on February 10, the state health committee received information from 31 provinces… about 42,638 confirmed […]
Death toll in China climbed to 723
BEIJING: The death toll in China from the novel coronavirus outbreak climbed to 723, reported Anadolu Agency, quoting the country’s National Health Commission (NHC) Saturday. Authorities said 34,546 confirmed cases have been reported and 86 people have died and more than 3,000 new cases have been detected in the last 24 hours. The number of […]