Headlines

Covid-19

Increase in Long COVID Cases Could ContinueNAM12 hours ago

Increase in Long COVID Cases Could Continue

A recent increase in cases of long COVID—the continuation or appearance of virus symptoms months after initial infection—could go well into ...

Wash. Appeals Court Asked To Mull COVID Coverage QuestionLaw36013 hours ago

Wash. Appeals Court Asked To Mull COVID Coverage Question

A Washington state court has halted litigation over the University of Washington's bid for COVID-19 business interruption coverage from a Li...

MS patients face much greater risk of hospitalization, death from COVID-19, despite high rates of vaccinationMedical Xpress14 hours ago

MS patients face much greater risk of hospitalization, death from COVID-19,...

New real-world research being presented at this year's European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ECCMID 2024) in B...

Homebuyers need to earn 87% more than in pre-COVID years to afford a starter home, Redfin saysYahoo Finance14 hours ago

Homebuyers need to earn 87% more than in pre-COVID years to afford a starte...

To afford a typical starter home, buyers must now make $75,849, Redfin reported. That's an 87% jump from the income necessary in 2020.

COVID-19 World Weekly Statistics

Updated: 28th Mar 2024 1:51 am
scroll right for more info
UpdatedCases(±)Deaths(±)Active(±)Hosp(±)ICU(±)Vent(±)
Malaysia25-Mar 512 -13.7% - - 7,878 -1% 15 +15.4%0-100%0-100%
• Johor 54 -6.9% - - 1,823 -0.2% - -100%0-0-
• Kedah 7 -56.3% - --567 +1.6% 2 +100%0-0-
• Kelantan 6 -14.3% - - 2 -50% - -100%0-0-
• Melaka 20 -4.8% - - 1,105 = 2 +%0-0-
• N. Sembilan 11 -47.6% - - 56 -17.6% - -100%0-0-
• Pahang 11 +83.3% - - 500 +1% 1 +%0-0-
• Perak 13 -38.1% - - 326 -2.4% 1 =0-100%0-100%
• Perlis 8 -20% - - 39 -4.9% - -0-0-
• P. Pinang 26 +13% - --26 -10.3% 2 +%0-0-
• Sabah 3 -40% - - 3,464 -0.1% - -0-0-
• Sarawak 7 +16.7% - - 59 +1.7% 1 +%0-0-
• Selangor 179 -12.7% - --18 -325% 5 -16.7%0-100%0-100%
• Terengganu 34 = - - 310 +0.3% - -0-0-
• WP Kuala Lumpur 131 -11.5% - - 546 -3% 1 +%0-0-
• WP Labuan - - - - 26 = - -0-0-
• WP Putrajaya 2 -83.3% - - 233 -4.1% - -100%0-0-
Singapore21-Mar 2,134 -6.3%
*CONTINENTS*
Asia3-Mar 7,155 -1.6% 26 -10.3%
Africa3-Mar 14 -77.8% 2 -50%
Europe3-Mar 32,840 -11.2% 122 -35.8%
European Union3-Mar 4,647 -37% 51 -58.2%
North America3-Mar 39 -80.8% 891 -17.7%
South America3-Mar 9,799 -24.7% 46 -13.2%
Oceania3-Mar 12,102 -3.5% 32 +6.7%
World3-Mar 61,949 -11.6% 1,119 -19.4%
*INCOME*
Low income3-Mar 2,525 +% 25 +%
Lower middle income25-Feb 1,946 -21.8% 11 -59.3%
Upper middle income3-Mar 31,507 -14.5% 80 -25.2%
High income3-Mar 27,917 -10.8% 1,014 -20.2%
*COUNTRIES*
Afghanistan18-Feb 211 -10.2% - -
Angola3-Mar 1 = - -
Argentina3-Mar 2,178 -41.4% 2 -50%
Armenia18-Feb 38 +% - -
Australia3-Mar 7,002 -3.1% 12 -25%
Azerbaijan3-Mar 115 -12.2% - -
Bangladesh3-Mar 356 +3.2% 2 -33.3%
Barbados3-Mar 6 -45.5% - -
Belgium3-Mar 364 -31.5% - -
Belize3-Mar 2 +100% - -
Bolivia25-Feb 1 +% - -
Bosnia and Herzegovina25-Feb 8 = - -100%
Brunei3-Mar 102 -39.3% - -
Bulgaria3-Mar 121 +16.3% - -100%
Cambodia3-Mar 2 = - -
Canada25-Feb 159 -90% - -100%
Chile3-Mar 6,984 +2.8% 40 +11.1%
China3-Mar 1,999 -34% - -100%
Colombia25-Feb 1,696 +50.1% - -
Czechia3-Mar 175 -30% 3 +50%
Denmark25-Feb 91 -23.5% 6 =
Ecuador3-Mar 581 +13.5% - -
El Salvador25-Feb 1 = - -
Estonia3-Mar 55 -28.6% 1 +%
Greece3-Mar 1,406 -28.1% 12 -33.3%
Guatemala3-Mar 1 +% - -
Guyana25-Feb 42 -44.7% - -
Haiti25-Feb 1 = - -
Honduras25-Feb 1 -50% - -
Hungary3-Mar 43 -33.8% - -
Iceland3-Mar 4 = - -
India3-Mar 1,177 +19.9% 17 +183.3%
Indonesia3-Mar 441 +975.6% 5 +%
Iran18-Feb 659 +121.9% 12 +%
Ireland3-Mar 222 -16.2% 1 =
Italy3-Mar 300 -74.7% 6 -84.2%
Jamaica3-Mar 11 +37.5% - -100%
Kuwait18-Feb 45 -33.8%-
Laos3-Mar 8 -11.1% - -
Liechtenstein18-Feb 1 = - -
Lithuania3-Mar 310 -29.7% - -100%
Luxembourg3-Mar 42 +2.4% - -
Malta3-Mar 4 -69.2% 1 =
Mauritania25-Feb 1 -83.3% - -
Moldova3-Mar 127 -27.4% 1 +%
Mongolia3-Mar 11 +22.2% - -
Morocco18-Feb 44 -56% 2 +%
Myanmar3-Mar 31 = - -
Namibia3-Mar 10 -82.1% 1 -50%
Netherlands18-Feb 239 -31.7% - -100%
New Zealand3-Mar 5,100 -4% 20 +42.9%
Nicaragua3-Mar 1 = - -
North Macedonia3-Mar 9 -30.8% - -100%
Norway3-Mar 100 -20% - -
Panama3-Mar 15 -25% 1 +%
Peru3-Mar 56 -77.6% 4 -69.2%
Poland3-Mar 683 -38.3% 10 -16.7%
Portugal3-Mar 140 +30.8% 1 -66.7%
Romania3-Mar 558 -33% - -100%
Russia3-Mar 25,835 -3% 70 +7.7%
Saint Lucia18-Feb 3 +% - -
Slovakia3-Mar 36 -32.1% 1 +%
Slovenia3-Mar 20 -58.3% 2 -71.4%
Sri Lanka3-Mar 1 = - -
Sweden3-Mar 168 -19.2% 13 -51.9%
Switzerland3-Mar 223 -6.3% - -
Thailand3-Mar 462 -5.1% 2 -33.3%
Turks and Caicos Islands3-Mar 3 +% - -
Ukraine3-Mar 493 -4.1% - -
United Kingdom3-Mar 1,402 -27% - -
Zimbabwe3-Mar 3 -40% 1 -50%
Source: MOH, Gov & News Agencies

AI

The AI doctor will see you…eventually | Mar 30th 2024The Economist9 hours ago

The AI doctor will see you…eventually | Mar 30th 2024

The AI doctor will see you…eventually – Weekly edition of The Economist for Mar 30th 2024. You've seen the news, now discover the story.

Larry Summers, now an OpenAI board member, thinks AI could replace 'almost all' forms of labor.Fortune9 hours ago

Larry Summers, now an OpenAI board member, thinks AI could replace 'almost ...

Just don’t expect a 'productivity miracle' anytime soon.

Corporate KPIs could be in for a major shakeup: How AI is remaking the ways companies measure successFortune9 hours ago

Corporate KPIs could be in for a major shakeup: How AI is remaking the ways...

A global survey of more than 3,000 respondents finds that firms using "smart KPIs" were three times more likely to financially benefit.

World

China warns close military ties between US, Philippines could trigger conflictSouth China Morning Post14 hours ago

China warns close military ties between US, Philippines could trigger confl...

Senior diplomat Liu Zhenmin tells Boao Forum in Hainan countries should resolve their disputes on a regional basis and warns outsiders not t...

Political Islam: Why the religious conservatism wave is rising in Malaysia but ebbing in IndonesiaCNA14 hours ago

Political Islam: Why the religious conservatism wave is rising in Malaysia ...

In the first of a five-part series on political Islam in Southeast Asia, CNA examines the rise of religious conservatism in Malaysia, why ne...

Sam Bankman-Fried sentenced to 25 years for FTX fraudCNA20 hours ago

Sam Bankman-Fried sentenced to 25 years for FTX fraud

Judge says disgraced cryptocurrency founder has shown no remorse.

Health

Business

Technology

Entertainment

‘The eyes of six million Hongkongers on me’: all about Nicholas TseSouth China Morning Post13 hours ago

‘The eyes of six million Hongkongers on me’: all about Nicholas Tse

Nicholas Tse, the son of actor Patrick Tse Yin and actress Deborah Lee, has not just had a successful singing and acting career, he also fou...

Man Gets Married And Divorced 3 Times In A Month — To The Same WomanKoreaboo15 hours ago

Man Gets Married And Divorced 3 Times In A Month — To The Same Woman

A Taiwanese man got married and divorced three times in the span of 37 days to the same woman, resulting in a fine for an unexpected party.