NEW YORK/BEIJING/TOKYO: Global Covid-19 (coronavirus) death toll topped 170,000 on Monday night, according to the Centrefor Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) at Johns Hopkins University on Tuesday (April 21).
A total of 170,261 people have died of the disease as of 10.40pm on Monday in the US - among 2,475,841 cases worldwide, the CSSE data showed.
The US state of New York, the epicentre of the outbreak in that country, has launched a large-scale Covid-19 antibody testing regime starting on Monday in an effort to determine how much of its population has been infected with the virus. Germany's coronavirus cases surpassed 140,000 on Monday, with a remarkably low fatality rate of 3.1% among confirmed Covid-19 infections, according to the Robert Koch Institute , the government agency and research institute responsible for disease control and prevention.
In Serbia, service shops, green markets and construction sites will start working in full capacity from Tuesday, with obligatory protective measures against COVID-19, the government said in a press release.
Malaysia Latest News, Malaysia Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Covid-19 threatens to trigger new round of global food crisis, says China official | Malay MailBEIJING, April 20 — The global coronavirus pandemic threatens to cause a huge shock to international food trade and trigger a new food crisis, a top agriculture official in China said today. The comments came as coronavirus outbreaks roiled global agriculture supply chains and upended trade, and...
Read more »
1 more Covid-19 death but recoveries exceed new cases yet againA total of 95 people have recovered, bringing the total to 3,197. FMTNews Covid19Malaysia
Read more »
Covid-19: 84 new cases, 95 recovered, death toll now at 89PETALING JAYA: Another 84 new Covid-19 cases have been reported, bringing it to a total of 5,389 cases as of noon Sunday (April 19), says the Health Ministry.
Read more »
Just 36 new Covid-19 cases recorded; no new death | New Straits TimesNSTnation Ninety-eight more Covid19 patients have recovered from the disease and were discharged today. MCO StayAtHome DudukRumah
Read more »
Covid-19: 84 new cases, 95 recoveries and one deathCORONAVIRUS | This brings the total to 5,389 infections, says Health DG Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah.
Read more »