PETALING JAYA: Malaysia has recorded 4, 046 new Covid-19 cases, says the Health Ministry. According to data from the ministry’s GitHub data repository, this is the first time daily cases have risen above the 4, 000 mark since Dec 18, 2021. Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said in a tweet yesterday that this brings the cumulative number of Covid-19 infections in the country to 2, 824, 973 cases.He added that a more detailed breakdown of Friday’s daily infections would be up

DESPITE a palpable sense of the world going back to ‘normal’, the emergence of a new Covid-19 variant has begun to threaten global health and economies once again.... Dubbed the Omicron variant, the new mutation of the virus was first detected in South Africa and is said to have an “ unprecedented number of spike mutations ”.... Japan has banned the entry of all foreigners and the British prime minister has called an urgent meeting of G7 health ministers. Given what too many countries already

Abdullah Al-Sanad indicated that this brought the tallies of infections and recoveries to 377, 364 and 357, 256 respectively.... Some 1, 175 are occupying beds in COVID-19 wards.... Please try again later Tap to unmute Learn more Advertisement WhatsApp Facebook Twitter Email Messenger....

KUALA LUMPUR( XINHUA, THE STAR/ ASIA NEWS NETWORK)-Malaysia recorded 21, 468 new Covid-19 infections, the Health Ministry said on Friday( Aug 13), bringing the national total to 1, 363, 683. Health Ministry director-general Noor Hisham Abdullah said in a press statement that 25 of the new cases are imported and 21, 443 are local transmissions. Another 277 more deaths were reported, bringing the country's Covid-19 death toll to 11, 968. Another 17, 025 patients were released after recovery, bring

Ontario is reporting 226 new cases of COVID-19 and 11 more deaths. That’s the highest daily death toll since July 1, when the province recorded 19 fatalities linked to the virus. Health Minister Christine Elliott says 62 of the new cases are in Toronto, 35 were in Waterloo Region, and 24 were in Peel. She says the numbers come from nearly 21, 000 tests. Elliott says the province also administered 83, 907 more doses of COVID-19 vaccine today. The province says 81.32 per cent of adults have at lea

Open this photo in gallery A person walks by a COVID-19 vaccination sign in Montreal on Aug.... 8. Graham Hughes/ The Canadian PressQuebec is reporting 527 cases of COVID-19 today and two more deaths attributed to the novel coronavirus. It’s the first time since May 21 Quebec has reported more than 500 new COVID-19 cases in a day. The Health Department says the number of hospitalizations dropped by four from Thursday, to 87, and 30 people were in intensive care, a rise of three.A Quebec governm

Open this photo in gallery A pharmacist draws up a dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine in Toronto on June 18. Nathan Denette/ The Canadian PressOntario is reporting 510 new cases of COVID-19 today, with more than 80 per cent in people who are unvaccinated or partially vaccinated, and four more deaths. The Ministry of Health says two of the deaths occurred more than two months ago. There are 111 people in intensive care units due to COVID-related critical illness and Health Minister Chri

PETALING JAYA: A total of 11, 034 new Covid-19 cases were recorded on Monday( Feb 7), says Dr Noor Hisham. The Health director-general said this brings the cumulative total to 2, 925, 254 cases.“ Out of the 11, 034 new Covid-19 cases, 77 are imported cases and 10, 957 are local cases.“ A total of 58 patients fall under Categories 3, 4 and 5, whereas there are 10, 976 cases under Categories 1 and 2, ” he added.“ Among them, 135 cases require treatment in intensive care units( ICU), whereby 84 are

BAKU, March 23( Xinhua)--Azerbaijan on Wednesday reported 38 new COVID-19 cases, taking its total to 791, 583, according to the country's Task Force under the Cabinet of Ministers on COVID-19 prevention and control. Data from the Task Force showed that 101 more patients have recovered in the past 24 hours, taking the total number of recoveries to 781, 303. Meanwhile, four people died in the last 24 hours, raising the death toll to 9, 670.As of Wednesday, the country had administered a total of 1

TBILISI, April 13( Xinhua)--Georgia on Wednesday reported 266 new COVID-19 cases, bringing its total to 1, 652, 235, according to the country's National Center for Disease Control and Public Health( NCDC). Data from the NCDC showed that two people died of the disease in the last 24 hours, raising the death toll to 16, 781.As of Wednesday, the country had administered a total of 2, 868, 689 doses of COVID-19 vaccines, according to the NCDC....