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Spain plans last extension of emergency decree as COVID-19 deaths slow
Spain’s government will seek to extend its coronavirus state of emergency for the last time until late June, Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said on Saturday as the country’s daily death toll reached a near eight-week low.
“The path that we…
Saudi Arabia’s coronavirus cases top 50,000
The number of coronavirus cases in Saudi Arabia topped 50,000 on Saturday, the health ministry said.
A ministry official reported 2,840 new cases, taking the cumulative total to 51,980. That was up from an average of around 1,500 new…
Qatar’s latest coronavirus cases take total above 30,000
Qatar reported on Saturday another 1,547 cases of the novel coronavirus, bringing the country’s total number of confirmed infections to more than 30,000.
The latest health ministry report on confirmed cases took the total to 30,972,…
Philippines records 11 new coronavirus deaths, 214 more infections
The Philippines’ health ministry on Saturday reported 11 more coronavirus deaths and 214 additional infections.
In a bulletin, the ministry said total confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus have risen to 12,305, most of which are in…
Malaysia reports 17 new coronavirus cases with one new death
Malaysian reported 17 new coronavirus cases on Saturday, bringing the cumulative total to 6,872.
Health authorities there reported one new death, with total fatalities at 113.
Indonesia reports 529 new coronavirus cases, 13 new deaths
Indonesia reported 529 new coronavirus infections on Saturday, taking the total number of cases to 17,025.
Indonesia also reported 13 new deaths, taking the total number of COVID-19 deaths to 1,089, health ministry official Achmad…
Russia reports 9,200 new coronavirus infections
Russia reported 9,200 new confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus on Saturday, down from 10,598 new cases reported the previous day.
Russia’s coronavirus taskforce said the overall number of cases nationwide stood at 272,043. It added…
Spain reports 102 coronavirus deaths overnight, lowest in eight weeks
Spain’s overnight death toll from the coronavirus was 102 on Saturday, the health ministry said, marking the lowest 24-hour rise since mid March.
The cumulative death toll rose to 27,563, while the number of confirmed coronavirus cases…
Moscow rolls out mass coronavirus antibody testing programme
Moscow began testing thousands of randomly-chosen residents for coronavirus antibodies on Friday under a mass screening programme authorities hope will help them determine when it is safe to lift the city’s lockdown restrictions.
Sergei…
UK may look into how care homes make Covid-19 deaths public
Britain’s health minister Matt Hancock said on Friday he may look into care homes’ approach to making coronavirus deaths public after authorities declined to disclose the number of deaths in individual care homes.
Across the United…