Coronavirus

SA's Covid-19 death toll has increased by 93 to 4 172. The total number of coronavirus infections has risen to 287 796 confirmed cases nationwide, an increase of 11 554 infections.Late on Monday night, positive cases worldwide were more than 13.07 million while deaths were more than 570 000.A further 93 South Africans had succumbed to…

Image copyright Getty Images The UK could see about 120,000 new coronavirus deaths in a second wave of infections this winter, scientists say. Asked to model a "reasonable" worst-case scenario, they suggest a range between 24,500 and 251,000 of virus-related deaths in hospitals alone, peaking in January and February. To date, there have been 44,830…

hours after Gov. Kate Brown announced a ban on indoor social gatherings of more than 10 people. She also announced a new requirement that Oregonians wear face coverings outdoors if they cannot keep six feet of distance between themselves and others outside their household.Recent virus transmission models estimate that the state could see anywhere from…

NOW TO YOUR TOP CORONAVIRUS HEADLINES. THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION REPORTED MORE THAN 230,000 INFECTIONS SUNDAY. THAT SETS A GLOBAL RECORD FOR NEW INFECTIONS ANNOUNCED IN ONE DAY. INDIA, SOUTH AFRICA, AND SEVERAL COUNTRIES IN EASTERN EUROPE HAVE ALL REPORTED ALARMING INCREASES IN NEW CASES. WORLDWIDE, THE DEATH TOLL HAS PASSED 566,000. ALSO, SECRETARY OF…

Since the beginning of the pandemic, the World Health Organization has stressed that, primarily, Covid-19 spreads through very close personal contact. The virus-laden droplets exhaled from a sick person’s mouth and nose, the thinking goes, are heavy, and fall to the ground before they can get much farther than 6 feet. But as the pandemic…