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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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

India reports record 4,529 daily COVID-19 deaths

Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 19 02:00 PM

India on Wednesday reported a record 4,529 coronavirus deaths in a single day even as the number of new cases in its devastating new wave fell. Read more »

Fortun: Drug war killings have not stopped even during COVID-19 pandemic

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 04 10:38 AM

A forensic pathologist on Tuesday lamented that drug-related killings did not stop while the country grappled with climbing death toll caused by COVID-19.   Read more »

Brazil hits record COVID-19 death toll in April

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Apr 25 07:45 AM

Brazil marked a grim milestone Saturday, as April became the deadliest month yet in the country's COVID-19 epidemic, authorities said. Read more »

‘Dreadful situation’: Brazil’s daily COVID death toll surpasses 4,000

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Apr 07 06:38 AM

Brazil registered more than 4,000 Covid-19 deaths in 24 hours for the first time Tuesday, the health ministry said, as the country reeled from a surge of infections that has made it the current epicenter of the pandemic. Read more »

Mexico passes 200,000 COVID deaths

Sofia Miselem, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 26 03:43 PM

Mexico on Thursday became the world's third country to surpass 200,000 coronavirus deaths, as fears grew of another wave of infections after Easter. Read more »

Brazil COVID deaths top 2,000 in 24 hours

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 11 06:40 AM

Brazil registered a record 2,286 deaths from COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, the health ministry said Wednesday, as a worrying surge pushed the figure past 2,000 for the first time. Read more »

More than 700,000 COVID-19 deaths in Latin America: AFP tally

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 09 11:46 AM

More than 700,000 lives have been lost to COVID-19 in Latin America and the Caribbean since the pandemic began, according to an AFP tally on Monday evening from official sources. Read more »

US daily virus toll below 1,000 for first time in months

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 09 11:32 AM

For the first time in nearly 3 and a half months, the United States recorded fewer than 1,000 deaths in a day from COVID-19 on Monday, according to Johns Hopkins University. Read more »

Global coronavirus deaths fall, as rate of new cases worldwide stays steady

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 05 11:46 PM

The decrease took place mainly in North America, the rate of new cases worldwide remained stable. Read more »

In Florida yard, a ribbon flutters for every COVID-19 death

Leila Macor, Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Mar 05 11:10 AM

When Cathy Tobias began tying a ribbon to a rope for each Covid-19 death in Florida, she had no idea her entire patio would end up being draped in color. Read more »