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PH COVID-19 death toll hits 66,000

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 22 01:18 PM

The Philippines has surpassed 66,000 coronavirus-related deaths, according to a report from the Department of Health. Read more »

China's low COVID death toll prompts questions

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Apr 26 12:36 PM

Top Chinese epidemiologist Wu Zunyou has attributed the country's low death rate to its strategy of early detection through mass testing. Read more »

2nd vaccine booster significantly lowers COVID death rate: study

Reuters
Updated as of Mar 29 12:11 PM

Senior citizens who received a second booster of the Pfizer–BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine had a 78 percent lower mortality rate from the disease than those who got one only, a study from Israel showed. Read more »

3 y.o.-girl becomes Hong Kong’s youngest COVID fatality

Gigi Choy, South China Morning Post
Updated as of Feb 16 04:10 PM

The girl had no underlying medical problems and was transferred to Hong Kong Children’s Hospital, where she died at 8:37 p.m. on Tuesday. Professor Lau Yu-lung, a pediatrician, notes that young children are more prone to serious complications due to their narrow nasal passages and air tubes. Read more »

India COVID death toll could be 3 million - experts

Neha Arora and Sumit Khanna, Reuters
Posted at Feb 04 12:27 PM

"Our study published in the journal Science estimates 3 million COVID deaths in India until mid-2021 using 3 different databases," a co-author said. Read more »

India reports highest COVID-19 fatalities since July

Reuters
Posted at Dec 05 05:33 PM

India on Sunday reported its highest single-day COVID-19 deaths since July after two states revised their death tolls. Read more »

COVID-19 deaths in Germany breach 100,000-mark

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 25 03:57 PM

Germany announced record coronavirus fatalities and infections Thursday as its total death toll passed 100,000. Read more »

No COVID death reported in Japan for 1st time in 15 months

Kyodo News
Posted at Nov 08 03:55 PM

apan saw no deaths from COVID-19 on Sunday for the first time in about 15 months amid progress in vaccine rollouts and the spread of medicines. Read more »

DOH reports add'l 102 COVID deaths amid data system issues

Job Manahan, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 28 02:56 PM

In a statement, DOH said they are still manually encoding the data on fatalities logged in the past few days. Read more »

Batanes naitala ang unang pagkamatay sa COVID-19

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 27 04:49 PM

Naitala ng Batanes ang pinakauna nitong pagkamatay dahil sa COVID-19 kasabay ng patuloy na pagtaas ng mga kaso sa probinsiya. Read more »

VP hopeful Willie Ong says PH needs doctor in govt

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 23 10:04 AM

The Philippines needs a doctor in government, Willie Ong said Thursday after announcing his intent to run for vice president in next year's elections. Read more »

At least 155 COVID deaths per day in August, says DOH

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 20 05:05 PM

The Philippines reached a new peak of COVID-19-related fatalities in August, exceeding the death toll recorded in April, the DOH said Monday. Read more »

Mga pumanaw sa COVID-19 sa Lucena nakatambak sa morge

Dennis Datu, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 17 07:59 PM

Ayon sa ospital, biglang dumami ang mga nasawi sa COVID-19 noong Setyembre kaya napuno ang morge. Read more »

SF mourns death of unvaccinated Fil-Am community leader with vaccination drive

Rommel Conclara | TFC News San Francisco, California
Updated as of Aug 27 02:01 PM

A vaccination drive was held at a memorial for an unvaccinated Fil-Am community leader who died of Covid-19 in San Francisco. Read more »

UK records highest daily COVID death toll since March

David Milliken, Reuters
Posted at Aug 11 06:42 AM

Britain reported 146 new deaths within 28 days of a positive COVID-19 test on Tuesday, the highest daily total since March 12, as the impact of last month's surge in cases fed through into fatalities, government data showed. Read more »

Bilang ng mga namamatay sa COVID-19 kada araw bumaba: OCTA

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 11 06:22 PM

Bumaba ang bilang ng mga namamatay sa COVID-19 sa bansa kada araw sa pangkalahatan, ayon sa ulat ng isang grupo ng mga mananaliksik. Read more »

Australia reports first 2021 COVID-19 death, highest case number

Lidia Kelly, Reuters
Posted at Jul 11 11:21 AM

Australia reported its first coronavirus-related death of the year on Sunday and a 2021 record 77 new cases of the virus in the state of New South Wales, which is battling an outbreak of the highly infectious Delta variant. Read more »

Colombia death toll from COVID-19 tops 100,000

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jun 22 10:06 AM

Colombia's death toll from COVID-19 passed the 100,000-mark on Monday with a new 24-hour record of almost 650 deaths, the health ministry said.  Read more »

Third pandemic wave hits as Brazil surpasses half million COVID deaths

Louis Genot, Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Jun 20 09:54 AM

RIO DE JANEIRO - Brazil on Saturday crossed the grim threshold of 500,000 coronavirus deaths, trailing only the United States in lives lost to COVID-19. Read more »

Regeneron's antibody therapy cuts deaths among some hospitalized COVID-19 patients - study

Alistair Smout, Reuters
Posted at Jun 16 08:42 PM

LONDON - A COVID-19 antibody cocktail developed by Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc and Roche reduced deaths in hospitalized patients whose own immune systems had failed to produce a response, a large British study found on Wednesday. Read more »