Sweden nears ‘horrifying’ death toll of 3,000 from coronavirus with 87 new fatalities, including a child under ten State epidemiologist Anders Tegnell called it ‘a horrifyingly large number’ Among them child under ten was reported to have succumbed in intensive care Tegnell said death was being looked at but assured public it was highly unusual … Read more
Boris Johnson today admitted the UK’s coronavirus death toll is ‘appalling’ as he said he hopes to be able to start easing lockdown rules on Monday. Mr Johnson returned to the House of Commons for PMQs at lunchtime for the first time since his recovery from coronavirus as he and Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer had … Read more
Britain’s death toll climbed to the highest in Europe last night in one of the darkest days of the coronavirus pandemic. Two official measures revealed our figures had surpassed Italy‘s which had previously been the worst-affected nation on the Continent. The first was government data showing there had been 29,427 deaths in hospitals, care homes … Read more
Britain’s coronavirus crisis may have killed 34 per cent more people than the Government’s daily statistics update shows. Office for National Statistics data today revealed that 29,710 people in England and Wales had COVID-19 mentioned on their death certificate by April 24. The Department of Health had, by that time, counted only 22,173 fatalities linked … Read more
The Trump administration is privately projecting the death toll from the coronavirus will reach 3,000 cases daily on June 1 even as the president pushes for a reopening of the economy. That number is nearly double the current level of 1,750 deaths a day from the disease. The projections, obtained by The New York Times, … Read more
Boris Johnson today urged Britons not to ‘ease up’ on lockdown measures too early Britain’s daily coronavirus death toll today rose by 288 – the lowest 24-hour jump since the end of March, as figures show the UK’s crisis is continuing to slow down after peaking in mid-April. Health Secretary Matt Hancock tonight announced the … Read more
Britain has the fourth deadliest major coronavirus outbreak in the world and has now suffered more deaths per million people than France, according to statistics. As the UK this week began including people who died in care homes in its official statistics, its death rate rose above that of France, which had already done so. … Read more
The true scale of the coronavirus crisis ‘burning through’ care homes may never be known, according to one of the industry’s most senior figures. Professor Martin Green, the head of Care England, condemned the Government’s pandemic strategy and said the sector could still be months from a peak in cases. In a scathing attack, he … Read more
Moscow’s real coronavirus infection toll is more than 250,000 says the city’s mayor despite official figures saying the figure is 57,300 Moscow mayor says the infection rate is far higher than officials have recorded If he’s right, 2 per cent of Moscow’s population would be infected with Covid-10 Before the mayor’s revelation Russia had reported … Read more
The number of deaths in the United States from coronavirus is now well over 63,000 – a harrowing increase from just two months ago when only two fatalities had been reported. Back on March 1, only two deaths had been linked to coronavirus across the country and that figure increased to more than 4,800 by … Read more