BOSTON — Health officials in Massachusetts say confirmed coronavirus deaths have surpassed 10,000, and they’re cautioning that the actual toll is likely much higher because of fatalities not attributed to COVID-19. Massachusetts has the sixth-highest death toll in the nation behind New York, Texas, California, New Jersey and Florida. Massachusetts’ pandemic nightmare began in late… Read More »
Universal mask use could prevent nearly 130,000 deaths from Covid-19, the illness caused by the coronavirus, in the United States through next spring, scientists reported on Friday. The findings follow an assertion by Dr. Scott W. Atlas, the president’s science adviser, that masks are ineffective, in a tweet later taken down by Twitter for spreading… Read More »
Are coronavirus cases now levelling off? Daily cases average drops for first time in a fortnight and 98 deaths are recorded after ONS estimated number of infections in England has fallen 12% in a week to 3,700 Statistics reveal 834 cases are being registered each day — down slightly from yesterday’s average of 835 The… Read More »
Department of Health and Social Care withdraws official UK Coronavirus daily death toll of 114 after Secretary of State Matt Hancock orders review into ‘statistical flaws’ Department of Health figures show 82 Britons are now succumbing to the life-threatening infection each day The seven-day average was 74 last Friday. More than 1,000 people died each day… Read More »