Britain suffered another grim day in its coronavirus crisis today as officials recorded another 980 deaths in the home nations, taking the UK’s spiralling victim count to 8,958. A further 5,706 people have been diagnosed with the disease in the past 24 hours, meaning a total of 70,783 have now tested positive. Officials managed a … Read more
Italy today recorded its lowest rate of new coronavirus deaths so far with a 3.2% increase in deaths to 17,669, while infections went up by 3,856 to 139,442. There were another 542 fatalities recorded, which compared with 604 the day before and 636 deaths on Monday. There were 3039 new case on Tuesday, so today’s figure marked … Read more
UK announces 936 more coronavirus fatalities pushing UK death toll up to 7,095 The number is the highest one-day rise so far, beating yesterday’s record (786) Downing Street will not consider ending the UK’s lockdown next week Prime Minister Boris Johnson is ‘responding to treatment’ in intensive care unit Officials say there could be at … Read more
France records its highest daily death toll with 833 coronavirus fatalities in the last 24 hours – takings its grim tally to 8,911 France, which had recorded several days of improvements, was setback today It had recorded 357 new deaths on Sunday and 441 fatalities on Saturday But the previous record of 588 on Friday was exceeded by … Read more
Italy unveils plans for ENDING lockdown: Health minister announces ‘phase two’ will involve more testing and continued social distancing – as nation records its lowest daily death toll for two weeks Italy recorded lowest daily toll since March 9 when 427 were reported dead Meanwhile there were 3,977 people in intensive care, a fall of 17 … Read more
The UK’s coronavirus death toll has jumped by 43 to 465, but England only sees an additional 28 more fatalities, down from 83 on Tuesday. Twenty-eight more patients died overnight in England. Six more patients died in Scotland, five in Wales and four in Northern Ireland. They included a 47-year-old who did not have an underlying … Read more
What is the coronavirus? A coronavirus is a type of virus which can cause illness in animals and people. Viruses break into cells inside their host and use them to reproduce itself and disrupt the body’s normal functions. Coronaviruses are named after the Latin word ‘corona’, which means crown, because they are encased by a … Read more
Italy recorded 168 coronavirus deaths today, its highest single-day toll to date, pushing the number of fatalities outside China to more than 1,000. Overall in Italy, 631 people have died from the COVID-19 disease caused by the virus and 10,149 have been infected in just over two weeks. Today’s toll raised the number of deaths … Read more
Figures released by China on Wednesday suggest the tide of the coronavirus epidemic in the nation may be turning. For the first time since the outbreak began, the number of coronavirus deaths outside of China exceeded those reported inside the country. Only 38 deaths from the virus were reported on Wednesday, according to the Chinese … Read more