COVID-19

Japanese comedian Ken Shimura dies from coronavirus at 70

3:35 pm March 30, 2020

Los Angeles: Veteran Japanese comic Ken Shimura, who tested positive for the novel coronavirus last week, has died at the age of 70. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the actor was hospitalised in Tokyo on March 20 after developing a fever and being diagnosed with severe pneumonia. Shimura tested positive for COVID-19 on March 23. […]

Another COVID-19 patient dies in Bengal, death count 2

10:15 am March 30, 2020

Kolkata: A woman infected with the coronavirus died at a state-run hospital in north Bengal on Monday, taking the total number of COVID-19 deaths in West Bengal to two, hospital sources said. The 44-year-old woman from Kalimpong in Darjeeling district breathed her last around 2 am at the North Bengal Medical College and Hospital, where […]

8 new COVID-19 cases in MP; total reaches 47

9:55 am March 30, 2020

Indore: Eight new COVID-19 cases have been found in Madhya Pradesh, taking the total number of coronavirus patients in the state to 47, a senior health official said on Monday. Of the eight new cases, seven were reported from Indore and one from Ujjain, Government Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Medical College Dean Dr Jyoti Bindal told […]

8 test positive for COVID-19 in TN; tally goes to 50

12:15 am March 30, 2020

Chennai: Eight people, including a 10-month-old boy, have tested positive for COVID-19 in Tamil Nadu, taking the total number of cases in the state to 50, Health Minister C Vijayabaskar said on Sunday. The eight from Erode district were contacts of two Thailand nationals, who have already tested positive for COVID-19 and undergoing treatment at […]

Coronavirus death toll in Maharashtra reaches eight

10:08 pm March 29, 2020

Mumbai/Nagpur: With the test reports of two persons, who died in Mumbai and Buldhana district of Maharashtra on Saturday, coming out positive for coronavirus, the death toll of COVID-19 patients in the state went up to eight on Sunday, officials said. A 40-year-old woman was admitted to a civic hospital in Mumbai on Saturday after […]