Weekly COVID-19 infections fall by 10% and deaths decrease by 18%

The United States saw a 10 percent decline in the weekly total for news coronavirus cases last week as vaccinations continue to accelerate.  New infections have dropped for eight weeks in a row, averaging 60,000 new cases per day for the week ended March 7. Meanwhile, weekly totals fell from 456,080 new cases last week … Read more

Global CO2 emissions need to decrease tenfold, scientists warn

Global carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions still need to decrease tenfold to avoid a climate emergency, scientists warn, despite a global fall in 2020 due to Covid-19. An international team of experts has performed a ‘global stocktake’ of humanity’s progress towards the Paris Agreement – which aims to keep the global average temperature rise to well below … Read more

Britain suffers 813 coronavirus hospital deaths – decrease of 10% on last Saturday

Britain has suffered 813 coronavirus hospital deaths after the government was accused of ‘scaremongering’ over a claim the Kent variant was 30 per cent more deadly. The figure was a decrease of ten per cent on last Saturday’s 904 hospital deaths as experts today played down fears a UK variant of the coronavirus is more deadly … Read more

Brazil registers a decrease in coronavirus deaths for the second consecutive month

Brazil coronavirus deaths fall by 23% over the past month – but with 144,680 dead the country still has the second highest fatality rate after the US Brazil reported a 23% decrease in COVID-19 deaths for September The South American nation had documented a 12% drop in deaths caused by the coronavirus pandemic in August  … Read more