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Philippines logs 2,113 new COVID-19 cases; total now at 576,352

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 28 04:41 PM

The Department of Health also reported 9,418 new recoveries pushing the total number of Filipinos who recovered from the disease to 534,271. Read more »

Brazil's COVID-19 death toll passes a quarter million

Reuters
Posted at Feb 26 07:24 AM

Brazil's COVID-19 outbreak has killed 251,498 people, the Health Ministry reported on Thursday, as it reported 1,541 deaths in the past 24 hours, the second-highest daily death toll since the pandemic hit the country a year ago. Read more »

Apart from Wuhan, China’s death rates didn’t rise at start of COVID-19 pandemic, study finds

Jack Lau, South China Morning Post
Posted at Feb 25 04:25 PM

A new study has found death rates did not rise in China at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, except in the ground-zero city of Wuhan where the outbreak was first reported.   Read more »

Filipino-American sa California, namatay habang dine-detain ng mga pulis

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 24 07:28 PM

Ayon sa ina ng biktima, tinukuran umano ng tuhod ng pulis ang leeg ng kaniyang anak.  Read more »

Half a million dead: a timeline of US COVID catastrophe

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 23 06:37 AM

WASHINGTON - Unfathomable just one year ago, the United States on Monday passed the horrific marker of 500,000 dead from Covid-19. Read more »

More than 2.4 million dead, 111 million COVID-19 cases worldwide

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 22 10:37 PM

The novel coronavirus has killed at least 2,466,453 people since the outbreak emerged in China in December 2019, according to a tally from official sources compiled by AFP at 1100 GMT on Monday.   Read more »

Philippines logs 1,888 new COVID-19 cases bringing total to 561,169

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 21 10:19 PM

The Department of Health also reported 9,737 new recoveries pushing the total number of Filipinos who recovered from the disease to 522,843. Read more »

THROWBACK: Till Death Do Us Part | Rated K

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 21 06:00 AM

Labis ang kalungkutan ng groom na si Ryan nang ihatid niya sa altar ang kasintahang si Darling hindi bilang bride. Ilang araw kasi bago ang kanilang kasal, pumanaw si Darling dahil sa sakit. Read more »

Africa COVID-19 deaths surpass 100,000 after second wave

Reuters
Posted at Feb 19 12:39 PM

JOHANNESBURG - Africa's reported COVID-19 death toll surpassed 100,000 on Friday, a fraction of those reported on other continents but rising fast as a second wave of infections overwhelms hospitals. Read more »

More than 2.4 million dead, 108 million COVID-19 cases worldwide

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 15 10:27 PM

The novel coronavirus has killed at least 2,400,543 people since the outbreak emerged in China in December 2019, according to a tally from official sources compiled by AFP at 1100 GMT on Monday. Read more »

Philippines' COVID-19 tally nears 550,000 with over 1,900 new cases

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 15 01:45 AM

pushing the total number of Filipinos who recovered from the disease to 511,743. Read more »

'Do not get tired': After losing 2 children, a heartbroken mother soldiers on

Gillan Ropero, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 10 04:30 PM

Six months before what was supposed to be baby Alonzo’s second birthday, his mother Angelica de Leon-Panganiban kissed his forehead as she laid him to rest. Read more »

Yassi Pressman marks dad's first death anniversary

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 10 02:35 PM

Actress Yassi Pressman on Tuesday marked the first death anniversary of her father Ronald "Ronnie" Pressman, who passed away on February 6 last year.  Read more »

PH's first UK COVID-19 variant death had comorbidity: health official

Raphael Bosano, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 09 06:03 PM

MANILA - The 84-year-old man who was the Philippines' first fatality due to the UK COVID-19 variant had comorbidities, an official of the Department of Health said Tuesday. Read more »

More than 2.3 million dead, 106 million COVID-19 cases worldwide

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 08 10:00 PM

The novel coronavirus has killed at least 2,316,812 people since the outbreak emerged in China in December 2019, according to a tally from official sources compiled by AFP at 1100 GMT (7 p.m. Philippine time) on Monday.   Read more »

UK says AstraZeneca vaccine prevents COVID-19 death as South Africa halts shots

Reuters
Posted at Feb 08 05:52 PM

There is no evidence that the AstraZeneca vaccine does not prevent death or serious illness, and South Africa has only imposed a temporary halt on using the vaccine, a British junior health minister said on Monday. Read more »

18 dead, 200 missing after Indian glacier disaster

Jalees Andrabi, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 08 05:02 PM

Eighteen people were confirmed dead on Monday and at least 200 others were missing after a devastating flash flood in India thought to have been caused by a chunk of glacier breaking off. Read more »

Philippines logs first death among UK COVID-19 variant cases

Kristine Sabillo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 08 12:41 PM

The Philippines has recorded its first fatality due to the more transmissible COVID-19 variant, the health department said Monday.   Read more »

Philippines' COVID-19 tally hits 537,310 with 1,790 new cases

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 07 05:00 PM

The Department of Health also reported 11,388 new recoveries pushing the total number of Filipinos who recovered from the disease to 499,798. Read more »

DOH: Recent high number of COVID-19 deaths due to data harmonization, late reporting

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 05 05:07 PM

MANILA— The Department of Health (DOH) clarified on Friday that the high number of COVID-19 deaths recorded in the past few days did not all occur within that reporting period. Read more »