Health

PARIS, April 24 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The worldwide death toll from the novel coronavirus pandemic rose to 186,462 on Thursday, according to a tally from official sources compiled by AFP at 1900 GMT.

The global death toll rose by 4,576 over the past 24 hours and a total number of cases increased by 68,017 worldwide.

More than 2,675,050 declared cases have been registered in 193 countries and territories since the epidemic first emerged in China in December.

Of these cases, at least 708,400 are now considered recovered.

JERUSALEM, April 24 (NNN-AGENCIES) —The use by Israel’s police of mobile-phone location data to enforce quarantine has been halted because of privacy concerns.

The government had approved the use of such data for a limited time, to make sure those ordered to self-isolate were doing so.

But now an oversight group in Israel’s parliament blocked an attempt to extend the emergency measures past this week.

A committee member said the harm done to privacy outweighed the benefits.

Pune, Apr 22 (PTI) Amid the daily increase in the number of coronavirus cases and a high mortality rate, recovery of a 92-year-old woman from COVID-19 has brought some cheer for Pune.

What makes the recovery of the woman, resident of Kondhwa area, even more remarkable is that she had suffered a paralysis attack seven months ago.

Bhubaneswar, Apr 22 (PTI) With four more persons having travel history to Kolkata testing positive for COVID-19 in the state, Odisha Police on Wednesday sealed roads along the West Bengal border.

The roads were sealed and additional force deployment was made a day after DGP Abhaya visited the border check gates.

Bengaluru, Apr 23 (PTI) The Karnataka government has partially relaxed COVID-19 lockdown norms in the state allowing IT and IT-enabled services to operate with essential minimum staff and also certain construction activities, manufacturing of packaging materials, courier services, among others from Thursday.

The activities will be permitted only outside the COVID-19 containment zones identified by the government.

New Delhi, Apr 23 (PTI) Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Thursday accused the BJP of spreading the virus of communal prejudice and hatred in the country, asserting that "grave damage" is being done to social harmony

Addressing a meeting of the Congress Working Committee, Gandhi said it should worry every Indian and her party will have to work hard to repair this damage.

JERUSALEM, Apr 23 (NNN-MA’AN) – Israel’s Ministry of Health reported 556 new cases of COVID-19, on Wednesday, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 14,498.

According to the ministry, the number of recoveries on Wednesday reached a daily record high of 708. Thus, the total number of recoveries in Israel currently stands at 5,215.

The death toll from the virus in Israel rose to 189, with five patients who passed away on Wednesday.

The number of ventilated patients decreased from 113 to 106, out of 470 patients currently hospitalised in Israel.

ROME, Apr 23 (NNN-XINHUA) – The COVID-19 pandemic claimed over 25,000 lives in locked-down Italy, bringing the total number of active infections, fatalities and recoveries so far to 187,327, according to the latest data, released by the country’s Civil Protection Department.

Wednesday saw 437 new deaths, bringing the total to 25,085 fatalities, since the pandemic first broke out in the Lombardy region on Feb 21.

ANKARA, Apr 23 (NNN-ANADOLU) – Turkish Health Minister, Fahrettin Koca on Wednesday, confirmed 3,083 new COVID-19 cases and 117 more deaths in Turkey for the past 24 hours.

The total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Turkey increased to 98,674, while the death toll surged to 2,376, Koca said.

Turkey conducted 37,535 tests for the virus in the last 24 hours, bringing the total number of tests carried out to 750,944, he added.

JAKARTA, Apr 23 (NNN-ANTARA) – The Indonesian capital, Jakarta, on Wednesday, decided to extend the partial lock-down in the city, as the COVID-19 virus continues spreading.

Jakarta’s Governor, Anies Baswedan announced that the partial lock-down, which was planned to end on Thursday (today), will be extended to May 22.

“We decide to extend the large-scale social restrictions until May 22,” the governor told a press conference.

The partial lock-down was imposed on Jakarta on Apr 10.