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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 says COVID deaths down by nearly 80 pct

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 26 12:46 PM

The number of daily COVID-19 deaths in China has fallen by nearly 80 percent since the start of the month, authorities have said. Read more »

WHO chief 'very concerned' about rising global COVID deaths

Raphael Bosano, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 25 12:41 PM

The World Health Organization is very concerned over the increasing number of global COVID-19 deaths. Read more »

China records 59,938 COVID-related deaths in a month

Alex Plavevski, EPA-EFE
Posted at Jan 16 06:06 PM

An official confirmed on 14 January that China recorded 59,938 COVID-related deaths between 08 December 2022 and 12 January 2023. Read more »

DOH seeing rise in COVID-related deaths

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 19 08:20 PM

More than half or 63 percent of the fatalities, Vergeire said, were unvaccinated. Read more »

Cremation of people who die of COVID stays: DOH

Raphael Bosano and Vivienne Gulla, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 03 06:31 PM

The Department of Health is not keen on changing existing protocols for COVID-19-related deaths, particularly the cremation of the deceased. Read more »

Reviving hope in a chronically ill health system

Raphael Bosano, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 16 03:35 PM

The Philippines’ road to recovery from the pandemic has not been a smooth journey, with some even paying the ultimate price. 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 »

Morgues overflowing as Hong Kong suffers deadly COVID wave

Holmes Chan and Su Xinqi, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 16 07:25 PM

In under three months since the highly transmissible variant broke through, Hong Kong has recorded nearly a million infections and more than 4,600 deaths - the bulk of them from the city's unvaccinated elderly population. Read more »

COVID-19 claims over 6 million lives worldwide: tally

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 09 11:40 AM

Over six million people have died worldwide from Covid-19 since the pandemic began, according to a tally from official sources compiled by Agence France-Presse on Tuesday. Read more »

Ilang COVID-19 indicator dapat pang mapababa: DOH

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 10 08:48 PM

Kailangan pang mas mapababa ang ilang pamantayan sa COVID-19 para tuluyang made-escalate ang alert level sa NCR, ayon sa DOH. Read more »

HK logs 1st potentially COVID-linked death in 5 months

Reuters
Posted at Feb 09 03:31 PM

An elderly man who returned a positive test for COVID in Hong Kong died on Tuesday, its first death potentially linked with the virus in 5 months. Read more »

Unvaxxed comprise 93% of COVID-19 deaths in PH: Duque

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 07 11:34 PM

The Philippines has so far tallied a total of 3,616,387 cases, of which 116,720 or 3.2 percent remain active. 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 »

PH records highest deaths in over 6 decades

Wena Cos, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 04 02:01 PM

The Commission on Population reported that the recorded increase in deaths in the Philippines in 2021 is the country's highest mortality rate in 63 years, or since World War 2. Read more »

DOH denies Philippines' COVID deaths higher than reported

Gillan Ropero, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 02 05:09 PM

The DOH debunks a group's claim that the Philippines' COVID-19 deaths were double than what was being reported. Read more »

Australia reports fewer COVID deaths

Reuters
Posted at Jan 27 04:59 PM

Australia reported fewer COVID-19 deaths on Thursday, a day after recording a pandemic high, while hospital cases remained steady. Read more »

Australia suffers deadliest day of COVID-19 pandemic

Renju Jose, Reuters
Posted at Jan 18 03:17 PM

Australia suffered its deadliest day of the pandemic as a fast-moving omicron outbreak continued to push up hospitalization rates to record levels. Read more »

UK COVID-19 deaths exceed 150,000

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 09 07:26 AM

More than 150,000 people have died after catching coronavirus in the United Kingdom, the government said. 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 »