California recorded its highest single-day COVID-19 death toll Wednesday, with 149 fatalities reported, according to a Los Angeles Times county-by-county tally.The previous high was recorded on May 19, according to The Times’ California coronavirus tracker, when 132 deaths were tallied.For weeks, daily coronavirus deaths had remained steady even as the number of newly confirmed cases…
Gauteng is quickly becoming the epicentre of coronavirus cases in South Africa.The province has recorded the most Covid-19-related deaths for three consecutive days.Gauteng is expected to overtake the Western Cape in terms of total positive cases this week. Gauteng is quickly becoming the epicentre of coronavirus cases in South Africa, recording the most Covid-19-related deaths for…
China has recorded a new case of dengue fever on the same day the country confirmed a bubonic plague infection, according to officials.A resident in the eastern Chinese city Guangde was diagnosed on Sunday with dengue fever, a deadly virus spread by infected mosquitos, the local health authorities said.It comes after a herdsman in China's northern Inner…
A maternity nurse wears a mask as she cares for a newborn at a hospital in Wuhan, Hubei, China. KZN has recorded its first Covid-19 infant death - a five-month-old baby.The health department said the baby was admitted with TB.The death of the baby is one of 17 new fatalities recorded in the province.KwaZulu-Natal had…
set a record Thursday with 375 daily cases, eclipsing 281 the day before. The health authority reported no new deaths, with the toll remaining at 209.Twenty-eight of Oregon’s 36 counties reported new cases: Benton (7), Clackamas (22), Clatsop (1), Columbia (3), Coos (1), Crook (1), Deschutes (9), Douglas (1), Jackson (9), Jefferson (5), Josephine (3),…
Kataza the baboon. Facebook / Baboon Matters The City of Cape Town has asked the public not to feed a baboon that has relocated to Tokai. The baboon, known as Kataza or SK11, is slowly being integrated into the Tokai troop. Video footage, however, shows humans feeding Kataza. The City of Cape Town has requested that Kataza…
As SA Rugby moves to determine which franchises will go to Europe in future, Rassie Erasmus has noted several potential benefits for the local game should that route be followed.The national director of rugby believes the high world rankings of Wales, Ireland and Scotland mean PRO Rugby is competitive and that fans will eventually identify…
(John Finney Photography/Moment/Getty Images) An abnormally bad season of weather may have had a significant impact on the death toll from both World War I and the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic, according to new research, with many more lives being lost due to torrential rain and plummeting temperatures. Through a detailed analysis of an ice…