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More than 180 killed as Israel resumes Gaza assault after truce lapses

More than 180 people have been killed and hundreds of others wounded as Israeli forces resumed their bombardment of the Gaza Strip, according to Palestinian officials, after a week-long truce expired. Eastern areas of Khan Younis in southern Gaza came under intense bombardment as the deadline lapsed shortly after dawn on Friday, with columns of smoke rising into the sky, the Reuters news agency reported. Residents took to the road […]

2 December 2023

International

Death toll in Gaza Strip due to Israeli attacks reaches over 4,300

The death toll in the Gaza Strip due to the ongoing Israeli attacks has climbed to 4,385, Health Ministry officials in the besieged enclave said Saturday, Anadolu Agency reports. The ministry said that 1,756 children were among the people killed in the Israeli attacks. The conflict in Gaza, under Israeli bombardment and blockade since Oct. 7, began when Hamas initiated Operation Al-Aqsa Flood, a multi-pronged surprise attack that included a barrage of […]

22 October 2023

Local

Health department’s covid audit raises SA’s death toll

The Health Department's ongoing audit has confirmed 18 previously unreported deaths linked to COVID-19. These fatalities take our death toll to closer to 10,000. South Africa also racked up 1,898 new infections over the latest 24-hour reporting cycle, a positivity rate of 6.3%. Meanwhile, health minister Joe Phaahla says there are increasing numbers of Covid-19 cases among children aged between 10 and 14. Phaahla says scientists initially believed it was […]

5 March 2022

Local

48 more people succumb to covid 19 pushing overall toll to over 53,700

The national health department has reported the deaths of 48 more people due to coronavirus related complications. This brought South Africa’s national COVID-19 death toll to 53,711. The department also reported 1,326 new infections that were also picked up in the last 24-hour cycle, pushing our known caseload to more than 1,565,000. Over 1,489,000 people have recuperated from the virus since the start of outbreak over a year ago – […]

18 April 2021

Local

SA coronavirus death toll now at 6 655

Health Minister Zweli Mkhize on Saturday said there had been 312 new deaths related to Covid-19 over the past 24 hours, taking the country's death toll to 6 655. The minister also announced 12 204 new infections of Covid-19, which brings the total of confirmed cases to 434 200. Of the 312 new deaths, 209 were in Gauteng, 44 in the Eastern Cape, 37 in KwaZulu-Natal, 18 from the Western […]

26 July 2020

International News

US coronavirus deaths set single-day record as total hits 28,300

US coronavirus deaths have risen by a single-day record 2,228 to top 28,300, according to a Reuters tally, as officials debated how to reopen the economy without reigniting the outbreak. The United States, with the world's third-largest population, passed a second milestone late on Tuesday with over 600,000 reported cases, three times more than any other country. The previous single-day record was 2,069, set last Friday. The increase of 2,228 […]

15 April 2020

International News

Iran rejects ‘foreign’ help as virus death toll nears 2,000

Iran ruled out "foreign" help on the ground to deal with the coronavirus pandemic after an offer from a France-based medical charity, as the country's death toll from the contagion neared 2,000. "Due to Iran's national mobilisation against the virus and the full use of the medical capacity of the armed forces, it is not necessary for now for hospital beds to be set up by foreign forces, and their […]

25 March 2020

International News

What happens if you get infected by the new coronavirus?

China said the death toll from the new coronavirus surged past 1,000 on Tuesday, as Beijing stepped up efforts to treat tens of thousands of sick people and the World Health Organization (WHO) urged the world to "fight this virus before it gets out of control". Since the new type of virus was first detected in the central Chinese city of Wuhan in December, it has infected more than 40,000 […]

11 February 2020

International News

China’s coronavirus death toll soars to 722

The number of deaths from China's coronavirus outbreak has risen to 722 on Saturday, surpassing the death toll from the SARS (severe acute respiratory syndrome) outbreak on the mainland and Hong Kong almost two decades ago. The total number of infections across China has now reached 34,546. The virus has also killed two people outside mainland China, one in Hong Kong and another in the Philippines, and at least 25 […]

8 February 2020

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