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More than 3.3 million dead, 159 million infected with COVID-19 worldwide

Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 12 07:11 PM

The novel coronavirus has killed at least 3,319,512 people since the outbreak emerged in China in December 2019, according to a tally from official sources compiled by AFP at 1000 GMT (6 p.m. Philippine time) on Wednesday. Read more »

Philippines' COVID-19 tally breaches 1.1 million with over 7,000 new cases

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of May 09 10:06 PM

MANILA (UPDATE) - The Philippines confirmed 7,174 new cases of the disease on Sunday bringing the country’s total to 1,101,990.  Read more »

India hits 4,000 virus deaths in a day

Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 08 12:21 PM

India recorded more than 4,000 coronavirus deaths in a day for the first time, the government said Saturday.   Read more »

What you need to know about the coronavirus right now

Reuters
Posted at May 04 06:54 PM

Here's what you need to know about the coronavirus right now: 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 »

More than 3.2 million dead, 152.7 million infected with COVID-19 worldwide

Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 03 11:58 PM

The novel coronavirus has killed at least 3,203,937 people since the outbreak emerged in China in December 2019, according to a tally from official sources compiled by AFP at 1000 GMT (6 p.m. Philippine time) on Monday.  Read more »

Philippines records 7,255 new COVID-19 cases

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of May 03 09:14 PM

The Philippines on Monday reported 7,255 new cases of COVID-19, raising the country's total to 1,062,225, data from the Department of Health (DOH) showed. Read more »

Philippines confirms 8,346 new cases of COVID-19 pushing tally to 1,054,983

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of May 02 04:18 PM

The Department of Health meanwhile also reported 9,072 new recoveries, pushing the total number of Filipinos who recovered from the disease to 966,080. Read more »

Catastrophe in India as daily COVID-19 death toll climbs above 3,600

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Apr 29 03:42 PM

In many Indian cities, hospitals are running out of beds as relatives of the sick crowd outside pharmacies and suppliers for medicines and oxygen cylinders. Read more »

Brazil nears 400,000 COVID-19 deaths

Sabrina Valle, Reuters
Posted at Apr 29 07:21 AM

Brazil is quickly catching up with the world's worst death toll in the United States, which has seen more than 570,000 casualties in total. Read more »

What you need to know about the coronavirus right now

Reuters
Posted at Apr 28 06:33 PM

Here's what you need to know about the coronavirus right now: Read more »

Dissecting Data: The road to 1 million COVID-19 cases in the Philippines

Warren de Guzman and Edson Guido, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Apr 27 09:22 PM

The Philippines has seen a lot of grim milestones this year in its struggle against the COVID-19 pandemic.  Read more »

Philippines' COVID-19 tally nears 1 million with over 8,000 new cases

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Apr 25 10:11 PM

The Department of Health meanwhile also reported 20,509 new recoveries, pushing the total number of Filipinos who recovered from the disease to 903,665.  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 »

'Bising' death toll rises to 2 - NDRRMC

Job Manahan, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Apr 20 09:44 PM

The death toll due to Typhoon Bising (international name: Surigae) rose to two on Tuesday as it brought rains and winds over the eastern part of Luzon and Visayas, the state disaster response agency said in its latest report.   Read more »

Global COVID-19 death toll passes 3 million as India cases surge

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Apr 18 09:05 AM

The global Covid-19 death toll passed three million on Saturday as the pandemic speeds up despite vaccination campaigns, leading countries like India to impose new lockdowns to fight spiralling infection numbers. Read more »

More than 2.9 million dead, 139 million infected with COVID-19 worldwide

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Apr 17 12:12 AM

The novel coronavirus has killed at least 2,987,891 people since the outbreak emerged in China in December 2019, according to a tally from official sources compiled by AFP at 1000 GMT (6 p.m. Philippine time) on Friday. Read more »

Rio red-faced over vaccine campaign with upside-down mask

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Apr 12 05:38 AM

An ad campaign encouraging Brazilians to get vaccinated became the butt of online jokes when some noticed it showed a man wearing his mask upside-down. Read more »

Brazil now has more young than old COVID-19 patients in ICUs

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Apr 12 04:01 AM

The number of people aged 39 or younger in intensive care units with COVID-19 in March rose sharply to more than 11,000. 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 »