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Death toll due to Novel Coronavirus surpassed 2000 in mainland China.
Six people were killed and as many were injured when their van rammed into a stationary truck in Haryana on Monday, police said.
The deadly coronavirus has claimed more than 1400 lives in China as the latest fatalities' count stands at 1,466 as on Friday. With the surge in the death toll, Hubei province, the epicentre of the outbreak has reported 116 new fatalities.
In Hong Kong, authorities evacuated some residents of an apartment block after two cases among those living there raised suspicion that the coronavirus may be spreading through the building’s plumbing.
One person was killed and seven others were injured after a fire erupted in a Los Angeles hotel, authorities said. Emergency crews were called to the two-story building when the fire broke out at around 2 a.m.
The Death toll in China's novel coronavirus epidemic has climbed to 636 with 73 mortalities on Thursday, while the total number of confirmed cases crossed 31,000, Chinese health officials said on Friday.
Coronavirus outbreak: The director-general of the World Health Organization, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, asked for $675 million to help countries address the expected spread of the virus.
Coronavirus outbreak: Chinese President Xi Jinping, presiding over a special meeting of the country’s top Communist Party body for the second time since the crisis started, said “we have launched a people’s war of prevention of the epidemic.”
Coronavirus outbreak: China first informed WHO about cases of the new virus in late December. To date, China has reported more than 7,800 cases including 170 deaths. Eighteen other countries have since reported cases, as scientists race to understand how exactly the virus is spreading and how severe it is.
A new viral illness being watched with a wary eye around the globe accelerated its spread in China on Sunday with 56 deaths so far, while the U.S. Consulate in the city at the epicenter announced it will evacuate its personnel and some private citizens aboard a charter flight.
A train ploughed through a sugarcane-laden bullock cart killing at least five persons, riding on it, and leaving two others seriously injured in Samastipur district on Thursday, a senior official said.
The death toll in the violent protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) in Uttar Pradesh has reportedly gone up to 16 though official sources only claimed that nine deaths had taken place.
The death toll in protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) went up to five in Assam amidst a rail blockade, hunger strikes and sit-ins organized by various organizations. Meanwhile, curfew has been relaxed in Dibrugarh and Guwahati from 7 am to 4 pm and 9 am to 6 pm respectively.
The attack came as anti-government demonstrators occupied parts of Jumhuriya, Sinak and Ahar bridges in a standoff with security forces.
"The latest reports said that a total of six people were killed and 17 others wounded in the three bomb explosions in the evening in Baghdad," the official said on the condition of anonymity.
According to a release issued by the state disaster management department, 42 casualties have been reported so far from the districts affected by the heavy rainfall, though a district-wise break-up was not yet available.
Seven fresh deaths were reported in Uttar Pradesh in incidents like drowning and lightning. So far 111 people have died since September 25 in the state where incessant rains have created flood-like situation in eastern districts.
In Nawada district, about 110 kms from here, bodies of two young men who were swept by strong current in a river two day ago were fished out by personnel involved in rescue operations Tuesday morning, official sources said.
The incessant rainfall also led to wall/roof collapse incidents in three different localities of Bhagalpur district claiming a total of eight lives, including a woman. Three casualties each were reported from Barari and Khanjarpur and two from Nathnagar localities.
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