India hits 4,000 virus deaths in a day Agence France-PressePosted 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 »
COVID-19 spreading in rural India, logs record daily rise in infections, deaths ReutersUpdated as of May 06 02:16 PM India reported a record 412,262 new COVID-19 cases on Thursday and a record 3,980 daily death toll, as a second wave of infections swamps the health system and spreads from cities into the vast countryside. Read more »
India warned to brace for new coronavirus waves Bhuvan Bagga, Agence France-PressePosted at May 06 04:59 AM Hospitals across the country were still suffering Wednesday while courts have stepped up pressure on Prime Minister Modi's government over its response. Read more »
India posts record daily rise in coronavirus deaths ReutersUpdated as of May 05 03:47 PM India's coronavirus deaths rose by a record 3,780 during the last 24 hours, a day after it became the second country to cross the grim milestone of 20 million infections after the United states. Read more »
THE DAY IN PHOTOS: May 4, 2021 ABS-CBN NewsPosted at May 05 12:01 AM Here are the day's top stories in photos. Read more »
India COVID-19 cases soar past 20 million: official data Agence France-PressePosted at May 04 01:38 PM India's total COVID-19 caseload soared past 20 million on Tuesday, official data showed, as the pandemic continued to wreak havoc on the country's hospitals. Read more »
More crematoriums rise in India Samuel Rajkumar, ReutersPosted at May 04 10:24 AM India has had more than 300,000 new cases since April 21 and more than 2,000 Covid-related deaths daily reported. Read more »
More international aid lands in India, as death toll hits record Atish Patel and Glenda Kwek, with AFP BureausPosted at May 03 06:49 AM International aid to alleviate India's dire oxygen shortage arrived in the South Asian nation on Sunday, as its coronavirus death toll climbed to a grim new record. Read more »
Thailand reports new daily record of 21 deaths in third virus wave ReutersPosted at May 01 10:44 AM BANGKOK— Thailand on Saturday reported a new daily record of 21 coronavirus deaths in one day, the health ministry said. Read more »
THE DAY IN PHOTOS: April 30, 2021 ABS-CBN NewsPosted at May 01 12:14 AM Here are the day's top stories in photos. Read more »
Thousands hurt in stampede at Israel religious festival David Cohen, ReutersPosted at Apr 30 12:22 PM Dozens of people were killed in a stampede when tens of thousands of ultra-Orthodox Jews thronged to the Galilee tomb of 2nd-century sage Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai that included all-night prayer, mystical songs and dance. Read more »
Brazil's COVID-19 death toll surpasses 400,000 Agence France-PressePosted at Apr 30 06:00 AM The health ministry reported 3,001 COVID-19 deaths in the past 24 hours, bringing Brazil's overall toll to 401,186 -- second only to the United States. Read more »
Brazil nears 400,000 COVID-19 deaths Sabrina Valle, ReutersPosted 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 »
India's COVID-19 death toll passes 200,000 Agence France-PressePosted at Apr 28 02:30 PM India's coronavirus death toll passed 200,000 on Wednesday with more than 3,000 fatalities reported in 24 hours for the first time, official data showed. Read more »
‘Losing count’: India crematoriums at breaking point, as COVID toll mounts Jalees Andrabi, Agence France-PressePosted at Apr 28 08:36 AM For the past 3 days a crematorium in northeast Delhi has been performing more than 100 funerals a day, and has run out of space. Read more »
Registered voters who died from COVID-19 to be removed from Comelec list, says agency ABS-CBN NewsPosted at Apr 27 04:25 PM In an interview on ABS-CBN's TeleRadyo, Comelec spokesperson James Jimenez said relatives of those who succumbed to COVID-19 must provide the information to their offices to help the agency remove the names from its list of registered voters. Read more »
THE DAY IN PHOTOS: April 26, 2021 ABS-CBN NewsPosted at Apr 26 11:42 PM Here are the day's big stories in photos. Read more »
Thailand reports 11 new COVID-19 deaths, new daily record for second day ReutersPosted at Apr 25 03:45 PM Thailand reported 2,438 new coronavirus cases and 11 new deaths, bringing the total number of infections to 55,460 and fatalities to 140 since the pandemic started last year. Read more »
Brazil hits record COVID-19 death toll in April Agence France-PressePosted 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 »
Mass cremations begin, as India's capital faces deluge of COVID-19 deaths Danish Siddiqui, ReutersPosted at Apr 23 04:04 AM India recorded the world's highest daily tally of 314,835 coronavirus infections on Thursday, with the second wave of the pandemic crushing its weak health infrastructure. Read more »