The North West overtakes London as Covid epicentre

The northwest of England has passed London as the epicentre of the UK’s coronavirus outbreak on Sunday, with more people in the region in hospital with the illness than in the capital. Data shared at Sunday’s government briefing revealed coronavirus patients in London had dipped to 2,033 while patients with the illness in the northwest … Read more

Coronavirus Italy: Inside hospitals as death toll overtakes China’s

Desperate Italian medics at the coronavirus epicentre told how all their efforts ‘are not enough’ as their country’s death toll soared above that of even China. The number of fatalities there hit 3,405 yesterday, the highest in the world, despite the valiant efforts of shattered doctors to keep the ailing victims of the virus alive. … Read more

Italy overtakes China as the country with the most coronavirus deaths

Italy has now overtaken China as the country with the most coronavirus deaths after suffering 427 more fatalities, taking the total number to 3,405.  The latest figures have squashed hopes that the unprecedented national lockdown was helping to slow the spread of the pathogen.  Italy reached the gruesome milestone on the same day the epicentre … Read more