DUBAI: The global community’s fight remains relentless in the war against the coronavirus pandemic, with some countries winning battles to tame the infection curve while others recording a resurgence of cases after easing lockdown measures.
Sunday, May 17, 2020 (all times GMT)
17:35 - French health authorities reported 483 new coronavirus deaths on Sunday, bringing the total to 28,108.
17:15 - Egypt announced 510 new cases of COVID-19 and 18 deaths from the disease.
16:15 - The daily death toll from the COVID-19 epidemic in Italy fell to 145 on Sunday, the lowest since March 9, against 153 the day before, the Civil Protection Agency said, while the daily tally of new cases fell to a March-4 low of 675 from 875 on Saturday.
15:50 - The number of people who have died in the United Kingdom after testing positive for COVID-19 rose by 170 to 34,636, business minister Alok Sharma said on Sunday.
15:15 - Algeria announced 198 new cases of coronavirus and six more deaths from the disease on Sunday.
14:19 - Bahrain announced 183 new cases of coronavirus and 12 cases of recovery on Sunday.
13:40 - India’s National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) asked the government to extend a nationwide lockdown to curb the spread of coronavirus to May 31, as cases exceeded 90,000 and further clashes erupted between police and stranded migrants.
The NDMA, responsible for setting policy on the lockdown, made its request in a letter to India’s interior ministry, which is expected to issue detailed guidelines later on Sunday.
12:50 - Saudi Arabia announced 10 more deaths from the novel coronavirus COVID-19 and 2,736 new cases of it on Sunday
11:40 – Kuwait records 1048 new cases of coronavirus infections and a total of 14,850.
10:16 – The UAE announced 731 new cases of coronavirus infections were recorded, with 581 recovered.
09:09 – Spain’s daily death toll from the coronavirus was 87 on Sunday, the health ministry said, dropping below 100 for the first time in two months.
08:23 – The Philippines’ Department of Health reported 208 new cases of coronavirus infections and seven more fatalities.
07:51 – Oman recorded 157 new coronavirus cases and one death.
07:41 – Russia reported 9,709 new confirmed cases of the coronavirus, a rise from 9,200 new cases reported the previous day.
07:17 – Singapore registered 682 more infections of the new coronavirus, its health ministry said, taking the city-state’s total to 28,038 cases.
06:30 – Mainland China reported five new confirmed COVID-19 cases for May 16, down from eight the previous day, the National Health Commission said in a statement.
04:54 – Thailand reported three additional cases of the new coronavirus, bringing its total cases to 3,028 as the country relaxed local restrictions and re-opened malls and department stores.
04:14 – South Korea reported 13 new cases of the coronavirus over a 24-hour period, raising hopes that a new outbreak linked to nightclubs in Seoul may be waning.
03:58 – The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Germany increased by 583 to 174,355, data from the Robert Koch Institute for infectious diseases showed.
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01:56 – Venezuela reported its biggest one-day increase of 45 confirmed coronavirus cases since the pandemic hit the South American nation.
