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Florida set another grim record Tuesday with nearly 200 more COVID-19 deaths recorded overnight, but in recent days an ominous sight outside a funeral home has been sending a shiver through a Miami-area town –- a refrigerated trailer for storing bodies.Rumors that the corpses of coronavirus victims were being stored there -- and unfounded fears…

An elderly man opens his mouth to receive a testing swab for Covid-19 coronavirus. SA recorded 312 new Covid-19 deaths over the past 24 hours.According to Health Minister Zweli Mkhize, 209 deaths were registered in Gauteng.The cumulative number of deaths now stands at 6 655. Health Minister Zweli Mkhize on Saturday said there had been…

Swedish health officials said Tuesday that at least another 3,000 deaths from the coronavirus are likely in the country, known for its controversial softer approach to curbing the spread and much higher death toll than its neighbors. The projection comes from one of three potential scenarios presented in a report from the country's Public Health…

The late Buffalo City Metro Speaker Alfred Mtsi. Facebook/Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality The death of Alfred Mtsi, who succumbed to Covid-19, should encourage the provincial government to up its efforts against Covid-19.Mtsi was laid to rest on Friday, following a moving service at the East London City Hall. He was one of 299 people who died…

chances of survival are much better today than they were a few months ago, researchers report in the journal Anaesthesia. The British study analyzed all published research from around the world on COVID-19 ICU deaths among adults, and it found the fatality rate dropped from 60 percent of ICU patients at the end of March…