Tag: Deaths
Senegal’s COVID-19 deaths exceed 800
The number of deaths related to COVID-19 in Senegal topped 800 with 13 additional death cases registered in the past 24 hours, the Senegalese...
Ghana records 696 new COVID-19 infections, seven more deaths
The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has confirmed 696 new cases of infection of the Coronavirus, raising the country’s active case count to 6,086.
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Ghana records more than 8, 000 deaths from cancer-related diseases
Ghana has recorded 8, 037 deaths from cancer-related diseases in 2020, Dr. (Mrs) Beatrice Wiafe Addai, the former Chairperson of the Ghana Cancer Board,...
Rwanda closes schools in capital to curb COVID-19 spread
Rwanda has decided to close schools operating in the capital city of Kigali from Monday to further contain the spread of COVID-19, especially in...
Eastern region records 425 road accident deaths
An overall of 425 lives got lost through road accidents in Eastern Region in 2020 as against 289 deaths recorded in 2019.
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Germany’s coronavirus cases, deaths well down on New Year’s Day
dpa/GNA - On the first day of the new year, German health authorities reported 12,690 new coronavirus infections and 336 new deaths linked...
2020 saw the deaths of the first James Bond and Egypt’s last pharaoh
dpa/GNA - In a year where death became far too common thanks to a new disease which seemed to strike across lines of...
Almost one in four Americans describe 2020 as “awful” – survey
When Americans were asked to describe the year 2020 in a single word in a recent survey, nearly one in four of them used...
Hong Kong reports 71 new coronavirus cases, two deaths
Hong Kong health authorities reported 71 new cases of the coronavirus on Thursday, including 61 locally transmitted infections, as well as an additional 50...
Africa’s confirmed COVID-19 cases pass 2.5 mln as AU urges rapid testing to manage...
The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in the African continent reached 2,508,815 as of Monday as the death toll due to the pandemic climbed...
IOM, UNHCR Saddened at Deaths of Refugees and Migrants in Shipwreck off Venezuela Coast
Geneva – The International Organization for Migration (IOM) and UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, are deeply distressed by the death or disappearance at sea...
OccupyGhana® Demand Investigations Into Electoral Violence And Deaths
OccupyGhana® congratulates Ghanaians on the successful completion of an historic eighth straight round of general elections under the Fourth Republican Constitution.
However, we are gravely...
Ghana records more than 2000 road accident deaths
Mrs May Obiri-Yeboah, the Director-General of National Road Safety Authority (NRSA), on Thursday said Ghana recorded about 2,080 road accident deaths and 12,380 injuries...
Nigerian central state denies reports of deaths over “strange disease”
A central state of Nigeria denied on Wednesday media reports that about 50 people have recently died of a "strange illness" in parts of...
Gambian Truth Commission to hold hearings on deaths of 44 Ghanaians
The Gambia’s Truth, Reconciliation and Reparations Commission (TRRC) is to look into how at least 56 West African nationals, including 44 Ghanaians, died in...
Ghana records 1,585 road crash deaths in eight months
Ghana has in eight months recorded 9,205 road crashes, involving 15,459 vehicles, resulting in 1,585 deaths, says Mrs May Obiri-Yeboah, Director-General, National Road Safety...
Tunisia reports 528 new COVID-19 cases, 5 deaths
Tunisian health ministry on Monday night reported 528 new COVID-19 cases and five more deaths, raising the total number of infections to 11,260...
COVID-19: Ghana records two more deaths
The Ghana Health Service (GHS) on Friday recorded two more deaths from the COVID-19 infection, bringing the current death toll to 285.
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Seven more deaths reported in California North Complex Fire
Seven more people have died in the North Complex Fire in California's Butte County, bringing the death toll to 10, while 16 people...
U.S. COVID-19 deaths top 190,000 — Johns Hopkins University
U.S. COVID-19 deaths surpassed 190,000 on Wednesday, according to the Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) at Johns Hopkins University.
With the national...
Morocco reports 2,157 new COVID-19 cases, 26 more deaths
Morocco reported 2,157 new COVID-19 cases and 26 deaths on Wednesday, raising the tally of infections to 77,878 and the death toll to 1,453.
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Morocco registers 1,750 new COVID-19 cases, 39 deaths
Morocco registered 1,750 new COVID-19 cases and 39 deaths on Friday, increasing the tally of infections to 68,605 and the death toll to 1,292.
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Namibia records 12,507 malaria cases, 40 deaths in 2020
Namibia's malaria cases this year increased to 12,507 from 2,841 recorded in 2019, according to statistics from the Ministry of Health availed to...
Dengue fever deaths in Philippines drop by 78 percent
The number of of dengue fever deaths from January to Aug. 15 this year in the Philippines is lower by 78 percent compared...
Botswana registers no new elephant deaths since June
Botswana has recorded no new elephant deaths since June this year, Oduetse Koboto, the permanent secretary in Botswana's ministry of environment, natural resources conservation...
Global COVID-19 deaths surpass 850,000 – Johns Hopkins University
Global COVID-19 deaths surpassed 850,000 on Tuesday, according to the Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) at Johns Hopkins University.
The...
Morocco registers 1,191 new COVID-19 cases, 30 deaths
Morocco registered 1,191 new COVID-19 cases and 30 deaths on Monday, increasing the tally of infections to 62,590 and the death toll to 1,141.
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Morocco registers 1,336 new COVID-19 cases, 29 more deaths
Morocco on Wednesday reported 1,336 new COVID-19 cases, raising the total number of infections in the country since March 2 to 55,864.
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Egypt reports 141 new cases, 18 deaths of COVID-19
Egypt reported on Tuesday 141 new infections and 18 deaths of COVID-19, bringing the total cases registered in the country to 97,619, including...
Global COVID-19 deaths surpass 810,000 — Johns Hopkins University
Global COVID-19 deaths surpassed 810,000 on Monday, according to the Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) at Johns Hopkins University.
With...