India Virus Deaths Hit Record of 2,000 on Wednesday
India’s official coronavirus death toll leapt by more than 2,000 Wednesday as the country struggles to contain a ballooning health crisis that has overwhelmed hospitals.
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Virus Deaths in India Massively Undercounted
Deaths from coronavirus in New Delhi are almost twice as high as official figures show, a city leader said, as India overtook Britain with the fourth-highest number of cases worldwide.
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Brazil Obeys Court Order to Resume Providing Full Virus Data
A Brazilian Supreme Court justice ordered the government of President Jair Bolsonaro to resume publication of full Covid-19 data, including the cumulative death toll, following allegations the government was trying to hide the severity of the pandemic in Latin America’s biggest country.
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Scientist Says Sweden Could Have Handled Virus Better
Sweden’s chief epidemiologist showed contrition Wednesday as criticism mounted over his country’s hotly debated method of fighting the coronavirus, which has resulted in one of the highest death rates per capita in the world.
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US Roadway Death Rate Up in March Despite Virus Restrictions
The rate of fatal automobile crashes in the U.S. jumped dramatically in March, even though the number of miles driven plummeted due to coronavirus stay-home orders.
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Mexico City Virus Deaths 3 Times Those Reported
A registry of death certificates in Mexico City suggests there were 4,577 cases in which doctors mentioned Covid-19 as a possible or probable cause of death, more than three times the official death toll in the city.
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Covid Death Rate Far Higher Than the Flu, Despite What Politicians Say
The death toll of the Covid-19 pandemic is often compared to that of seasonal influenza, but conditions on the front lines suggest casualties of Covid-19 are likely much higher according to a new study.
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Roughly twice as many people will die of Covid-19 every day in the United States by this time next month, the Trump administration is projecting, according to modeling made public Monday
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President Trump likes to talk about the most, the best, the thing that nobody has ever seen, but not the fact that more Americans have died of Covid-19 in three months than died in the 19 years of the Vietnam war.
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The Associated Press and major newspapers sued Florida in Leon County Court for refusing to release records on Covid-19 deaths in long-term care facilities.
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More Green Space in Cities Linked to Drop in Premature Deaths
Adding tree canopy to cities could prevent premature deaths and provide billions of dollars of economic benefit, according to research revealed Monday.
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Celebrated Singer-Songwriter John Prine Has Died at 73
John Prine, the ingenious singer-songwriter who explored the heartbreaks, indignities and absurdities of everyday life in “Angel from Montgomery,” “Sam Stone,” “Hello in There” and scores of other indelible tunes, died Tuesday at the age of 73.
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Grim Models Project Virus Death Toll Could Top 200,000 in US
More people have now died from coronavirus in the United States than in China, but models shared by the White House Tuesday offered a flicker of hope that mitigation efforts are working to slow the outbreak – though the death toll could still hover between 100,000 to 200,000.
Read more‘She Just Had a Cough’: Teen’s Covid-19 Death Shakes France
A week ago, 16-year-old Julie came down with a slight cough. On Wednesday, she became France’s youngest Covid-19 fatality, shaking a nation hit by a spiraling health crisis.
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Spain Tops China Death Toll, Countries Urged Against Lowering Guard
Spain’s death toll from the coronavirus pandemic shot past that of China on Wednesday after it reported a stunning 738 more deaths, its most in a day.
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LA County Reports First Death of Covid-19 Patient Under 18
Public health officials in Los Angeles County announced four new Covid-19 deaths Tuesday, including a child under 18 years old who had the novel coronavirus.
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Coronavirus Death Toll in Italy Surpasses China
Italy’s death toll from the global pandemic surpassed China’s on Thursday after 427 more people were killed by the novel coronavirus, authorities said.
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Colorado Funeral Home Owners Charged With Brokering Body Parts
When Harold Cressler’s family received their loved one’s cremated remains back from Sunset Mesa Funeral Home in 2015, they knew something was wrong.
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Nine Washington Virus Deaths, Schools to Mull Online Classes
Washington state reported a total of nine coronavirus deaths Tuesday as schools in the Seattle area mulled teaching students online in the event of prolonged closures over health concerns.
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Air Pollution ‘Pandemic’ Shortens Lives by 3 Years: Study
A “pandemic” of air pollution shortens lives worldwide by nearly three years on average, and causes 8.8 million premature deaths annually, scientists said Tuesday.
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