UK records lowest daily death toll for eight weeks

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• UK records 230 deaths and lowest number of cases in five months It is the lowest number of cases since October 2 (Picture: Getty/EPA)Another 230 people have died with coronavirus in the UK, as the country recorded less than 10,000 new cases for the first time in five months. A further 9,765 new infections were confirmed in the past 24 hours – the fewest since October 2. Monday’s figures come the day after the UK recorded its lowest death toll in seven weeks, but today’s figures are even smaller. Some 117,396 people…
• Illinois tops 20,000 coronavirus deaths, but records lowest daily caseload since fall Will Cordero, 26, a special education classroom assistant at William C. Goudy Public School in Uptown, receives his first dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at Weiss Memorial Hospital on Monday. | Ashlee Rezin Garcia/Sun-TimesForty-one newly reported deaths attributed to the virus raised the state’s death toll to 20,002 deaths. Illinois on Monday recorded its lowest daily number of new COVID-19 cases since late September, but also passed the grim milestone of 20,000 total deaths statewide. Another 1,420 coronavirus infections…
• Despite 3,000 COVID-19 cases, state prison records first outbreak in women’s facility A guard tower at the Utah State Prison is pictured on Monday, Sept. 14, 2020. | Scott G Winterton, Deseret News DRAPER — The Utah State Prison has confirmed the first coronavirus outbreak in its section housing women, nearly a year after the virus first arrived in Utah. An initial round of rapid tests this week suggested at least nine women in the Timpanogos facility have COVID-19, said Department of Corrections spokeswoman Kaitlin Felsted. The group tested positive after several…
• New daily COVID-19 cases in the US just hit their lowest levels since October Summary List PlacementThe US hit a positive milestone in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic Monday, with the lowest number of new COVID-19 cases reported since October 25, according to data out of Johns Hopkins University.   On Monday, 64,938 new cases were reported; back in October, the low was 62,020, Forbes wrote.  Experts say the dips in case rates are no license to ease up on mitigation measures such as mask-wearing and social distancing, even if you're vaccinated.  "Now…
• UK records another 12,718 Covid cases and 738 deaths Another 12,718 people have tested positive for coronavirus in the past 24 hours, the Department of Health have confirmed. Today’s figures show a further 738 people have died within 28 days of testing positive for Covid-19. This brings the Government’s official death toll to 118,933, although data from the UK’s statistics agencies puts the number above 129,000. A total of 15.94million people in the UK have received their first dose of the Covid vaccine, up 364,865 from yesterday’s figure. More…
• Another 799 people die with Covid as UK records 10,625 new cases A further 10,625 people have tested positive for coronavirus in the UK, the Department of Health has confirmed. Today’s figures show another 799 people have died within 28 days of testing positive for Covid-19, bringing the official death toll to 118,195. But data from the UK’s statistics agencies including fatalities where the disease is mentioned on death certificate puts the figure above 129,000. More to follow. ...read more Source:: Metro
• 'Alone': How Italian town with 1st known virus death fared Italy delivered the first shocking confirmation of locally transmitted coronavirus infections outside of Asia a year ago Sunday, with back-to-back revelations of cases more than 150 kilometers (nearly 100 miles) apart in the country's north. First, a 38-year-old man in Codogno, an industrial town in the Lombardy region, tested positive for COVID-19, sending panicked residents to pick up their children from school, stock up on provisions at grocery stores and search in vain for surgical masks at pharmacies. By the…
• Pfizer Covid vaccine ‘probably’ didn’t kill woman, 78, who died shortly after having it A 78 year-old woman died after having her Pfizer vaccine at the Cal Poly Pomona mass vaccination center, pictured, on Friday – but officials do not believe it was the shot that killed her (Pictures: AFP)Doctors say a 78 year-old woman who died shortly after having her first dose of Pfizer’s Covid vaccine probably wasn’t killed by the injection. The unnamed woman complained of discomfort while in an observation area after having the shot at Cal Poly Pomona mass vaccination…
• Covid-19 contributed to Cloris Leachman’s death aged 94 but was not underlying cause Cloris died from a stroke (Picture: Richard Shotwell/REX)Cloris Leachman’s death certificate has revealed that Covid-19 contributed to her death. The Oscar-winning actress died aged 94 on January 27. A spokesperson for the San Diego County’s Medical Examiner’s Office confirmed that Leachman died of a cerebrovascular accident – often referred to as a stroke. However, it was also confirmed that the star battled Covid-19, with the spokesperson adding that that the virus was a ‘significant condition that contributed to her death’,…
• Guinea records first Ebola deaths since 2016 Caption: Guinea records first Ebola deaths since 2016 Credit: GettyGuinea has declared a new Ebola outbreak after at least three people died from the virus.  In total, seven patients fell ill with diarrhoea, vomiting and bleeding after attending a burial in Goueke sub-prefecture.  Tests then confirmed It was the first resurgence of the disease since the world’s worst outbreak in 2013-2016. The four survivors have been isolated in treatment centres, the health ministry said. It was not clear if a…