Tag: Coronavirus death
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JUST IN: Ekiti records first Coronavirus death
A 29-year-old health worker, who was the third index case of coronavirus in Ekiti state, has been recorded as the first casualty after she died of the pandemic on Wednesday. The Commissioner for Health, Dr. Mojisola Yaya-Kolade, announced this at a press conference in Ado Ekiti. Yaya-Kolade said the woman died on Wednesday around 6:58…
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U.S. overtakes Spain in coronavirus death toll, now second highest in the world
The United States coronavirus death toll is now the second highest in the world, after Italy. The U.S. overtook Spain early today, with new deaths recorded, taking the country’s tally to 14,797. Spain has 14,792 deaths. Italy, the world’s leader has 17,669 deaths. U.S. death toll is expected to go higher later today when figures…
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US records first Coronavirus death
The first death from the novel coronavirus has been confirmed on US soil, in Washington state, health officials said Saturday, after a handful of cases of unknown origin were detected, indicating the disease was spreading in the country. This is coming barely a week after President Donald Trump said America was doing a great job…
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Coronavirus death toll hits 350 in China
Chinese state television reported on Monday that the death toll from the new coronavirus outbreak in China’s central Hubei province rose by 56 to 350. There were another 2,103 cases detected in Hubei, the epicentre of the outbreak, taking the total in the province to 11,177 as of Feb. 2. Hubei’s provincial capital of Wuhan,…