Tag: death toll
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US coronavirus death toll surpasses 41,000
The total number of Coronavirus-related deaths in the United States has now surpassed 41,000. According to Johns Hopkins University, US now has 41,379 Coronavirus deaths. The US university – which has been tracking the outbreak since shortly after it erupted in China late last year – says there are now more than 746,000 confirmed infections…
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Lassa fever death toll reaches 185 in Nigeria
Amidst the global coronavirus outbreak, Nigeria has also been battling a Lassa fever outbreak since the beginning of the year with 951 confirmed cases of coronavirus infection. As of last week, the number of deaths from the fever was 176, meaning nine people died from it within the week. NCDC said there was a decline…
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Coronavirus: Death toll rises to 19 in US, New York declares emergency
Two more persons died of coronavirus in the US State of Washington, bringing the nationwide toll to 19 as confirmed cases in New York jumped by 21 overnight and the disease spread to more than half of all U.S. states. The two latest deaths were in Washington’s King County, the hardest hit area in the…
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Coronavirus death toll increases in Italy
Italy has recorded an increase in the death toll from Covid-19 on Monday after an 84-year-old man died in a hospital in the city of Bergamo. According to the Regional President, Attilio Fontana, the man had suffered from pre-existing conditions. After the Civil Protection Agency gave a nationwide rally of 152 on Sunday, the number…
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Death toll from Lassa fever outbreak rises to 24
No fewer than 10 more people died in the third week of the outbreak of Lassa Fever, bringing the death toll to 24. According to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), 14 persons initially died from the outbreak as at the second week. indicates that additional 10 people lost their lives in the third…
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Death toll from Afghan university blast climbs to 8 – Official
The death toll from the blast near the Kabul University in Afghanistan on Friday have risen to eight, an official said. Wahidullah Mayar, spokesman for Afghan Health Ministry disclosed that another 33 were also wounded in the incident that took place close to an entrance gate of a university. The Kabul police spokesman, Ferdous Faramarz,…
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Death toll rises in Adamawa mosque explosion
The death toll in the bomb explosion in a mosque in Adamawa State has risen to 27, the state government said. The government also said 56 people were injured in the twin blast in a Mubi town. The state Commissioner of Information and Strategy, Ahmad Sajoh, made this known in a statement on Tuesday evening.…
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Lassa Fever: Death toll raises to 90
The Nigerian Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Friday confirmed the death of 90 persons from Lassa fever. The situation report from NCDC for week eight, released on Friday disclosed that from January 1 to February 25, 2018, 1081 suspected cases and 90 deaths have been reported from 18 states rising from the initial 54…
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Lassa Fever: Okorocha warns against consumption of ‘raw garri’ as death toll rises
Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo State on Wednesday warned residents against consumption of ‘raw garri’ (cassava flakes) as three persons were confirmed dead in the state as a result of Lassa fever. The killer disease is rapidly spreading across many parts of the country. Seven cases of Lassa fever patients were also confirmed in the…
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Death toll in London tower block fire rises to 17
Metropolitan Police Commander Stuart Cundy said on Thursday that the death toll in the blaze that engulfed a residential tower in west London has climbed up to 17 lives and is expected to rise further. “Thirty-seven people remain in hospital, including 17 in critical condition, Cundy said. London Fire Brigade Commissioner Dany Cotton said it…