The number of coronavirus cases in Delhi rose to 1,37,677, while the death toll mounted to 4,004 on Sunday. On July 26, there were 21 deaths due to the pathogen, the previous lowest fatality count since July 1.
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal today said that there was no virus-related fatality reported in the national capital's biggest coronavirus hospital, Lok Nayak Jai Prakash Narayan on Monday.
A mob on Tuesday disrupted the last rites of a COVID-19 victim and forced his family members to flee with the half-burnt body, prompting intervention by the administration which later ensured the cremation at another place as per protocol.
The Delhi government has issued show cause notices to four leading facilities in the national capital, including AIIMS and LNJP Hospital, for "delay in reporting death cases", authorities said on Sunday.
India has so far about 0.2 COVID-19 deaths per lakh population as against the global figure of 4.1, the Union health ministry said on Tuesday, even as the number of fatalities due to coronavirus infection in the country rose to 3,163 and the total cases climbed to 1,01,139.
These are the first cases of death in the BSF due to coronavirus infection and the second among paramilitary forces after a 55-year-old sub-inspector of the CRPF had succumbed to the disease last month.
Martha, the comic's grandmother, passed away due the COVID-19 infection on April 6. Che shared the announcement on Instagram on Wednesday.
A 69-year-old man from Chikkaballapura became the eleventh COVID-19 related fatality in Karnataka taking the toll in the state to 11, state Health Minister B Sriramulu said on Wednesday.
British actor, Hilary Heath, best known for her role in horror movie 'Witchfinder General', has died of complications from coronavirus. She was 74.
A message he posted on Twitter on March 28 suggested that he was suffering from COVID-19. "I always wanted to have a number one - but not this," he wrote alongside a map that shows New York as the epicenter of the coronavirus crisis in the U.S., adding: "In bed on upper west side."
John Prine died on Tuesday at Nashville's Vanderbilt University Medical Center. According to his family, the cause was complications related to coronavirus, or Covid-19.
In the 1975's Jaws, Fierro played grieving mother to young Alex Kintner (Jeffrey Voorhees), the second victim of the killer great white shark.
Bosworth played a nun opposite of Hepburn in the 1959 classic The Nun's Story. Along with penning bios for Brando and Clift, she also wrote biographies on actress Jane Fonda and famed photographer Diane Arbus, who photographed Bosworth in a Greyhound bus advertisement.
I've been laying low for the last couple of days because I could feel my body fighting something unusual. I just got confirmation that I've indeed tested positive for the coronavirus, Mitchell said.
"It is with great sadness that I announce the passing of my father, Ellis Marsalis Jr.," son Branford Marsalis said in a statement, saying his father was admitted to hospital on Saturday and "died peacefully this evening".
The recording artiste died in New York Sunday, his daughter Laura Merrill confirmed the news on Facebook "The Coronavirus took my father this morning. I was given 2 minutes to say my goodbyes before I was rushed out. He seemed peaceful and as I left there was still a glimmer of hope that he wouldn't be a ticker on the right hand side of the CNN/Fox news screen," Laura Merrill wrote in her post
The novel coronavirus took the lives of two popular artists-- Japanese comic Ken Shimura and Grammy award-winning country music singer Joe Diffie.
The 40-year-old actor shared the news in a post on Instagram, saying that his mother is also fighting the COVID-19 virus. "This is my stepdad Sonny and my mom Tita. My Tito Sonny passed away yesterday after losing his battle with COVID-19. He was a kind, caring man. Friendly to a fault. He always greeted strangers walking past him with a chipper Good Morning!' and a big smile. He had a great laugh that filled the room with joy," Santos wrote alongside a photo of his step-father and mother.
Chef Floyd Cardoz who was the co-owner of two popular Mumbai-based restaurants passes away after testing positive for COVID-19 in New York a few days back. Bollywood celebrities took to Twitter to mourn his demise.
A big name in the 1960s music scene, Cy Tucker who is popularly known for performing with The Beatles, passed away at the age of 76 due to the novel coronavirus.
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