Countries advising its people to wear face masks to stop the spread of coronavirus have had lower rates of infection, data shows. While other measures will affect results such as testing and social distancing, it is clear that many Asian countries where face masks have been widely worn are suffering fewer cases of Covid-19. Hong … Read more
The reported daily rate of coronavirus infections in the UK could be plateauing because testing is already running at capacity. The huge backlog of potential patients awaiting their results could mean infections are far higher than is being reported. It comes amid further claims that potential coronavirus patients have had their tests lost, further underplaying … Read more
The US continues to outpace every other country in coronavirus cases as the pandemic spreads. There are more than 245,000 confirmed cases in America. That is twice as many as the country with the second-highest number of cases: Spain at 117,000. In just a matter of weeks, the US surpassed other countries once considered to … Read more
A hilltop fortress town in Spain that cut itself off from the rest of the world in a bid to tackle coronavirus has not recorded a single case among its inhabitants. Zahara de la Sierra sits high above the Andalusian countryside in southern Spain. On March 14, the same day Spain announced it was extending … Read more
Italy today saw a near-identical number of coronavirus infections and deaths for a second day – as hopes remain the country is past the worst of the virus. The death toll climbed by 837 to 12,428, the Civil Protection Agency said, with the daily tally rising, albeit slightly, for a second day running. The number … Read more
Is Italy turning the corner? Number of daily coronavirus infections falls to 4,050 – its lowest in nearly two weeks – as WHO say the country’s epidemic should soon stabilise Italy’s death toll has climbed by 812 to 11,591, reversing two days of declines But the number of new cases rose by just 4,050, its … Read more
Spain has become the third country to surpass China’s coronavirus infection total after the number of cases rose by almost 6,400 overnight. Health authorities said Monday that they had diagnosed a total of 85,195 cases of the virus, up from 78,797 the day before. China has reported almost 81,500 cases. The US – with more … Read more
Switzerland has become the fifth European country to declare more than 10,000 coronavirus infections after the number of cases jumped by almost 1,000 in the last 24 hours. The Alpine country’s health ministry revealed that 10,714 citizens have been infected this morning, and warned that this number will continue to rise for at least another … Read more
New hope for Italy as daily rate of infections and number of deaths both fall, with 7.5 per cent rise and 683 fatalities compared to 8.2 per cent and 743 dead yesterday On Tuesday 743 people died, following 602 deaths on Monday, 650 on Sunday Saturday saw the highest daily death figures as the number … Read more
Fueled in large part by the virus’s rapid spread in New York, the US is now the third-most infected country in the world, with nearly 42,000 cases. Only China and Italy have seen more cases of COVID-19 than the US, with 81,093 and 59,138 cases in each. New York now has nearly six percent of … Read more