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JUST IN | Covid-19 death toll exceeds 19 000, with 40 new fatalities reported. 891 more infections bring the total cases to 716 759

The number of deaths sits at 19 008.26 October 19:12

Australia's second-biggest city will this week exit its coronavirus lockdown following nearly four months under onerous restrictions, authorities announced Monday, after no new daily cases or deaths were recorded. R Russia's daily tally of new Covid-19 cases soared to a record high of 17 347 on Monday as the Kremlin warned the pandemic was beginning to inflict a greater toll outside the capital Moscow.Hospitals in many Iranian provinces are running out of capacity to handle Covid-19 cases, health authorities say, with the virus now killing around 300 people a day or one person every five minutes.

Some experts have doubted the accuracy of Iran’s official coronavirus tolls. A report by the Iranian parliament’s research centre in April suggested that the coronavirus tolls might be almost twice as many as those announced by the health ministry.European leaders warned of a bleak winter as resurgent Covid-19 infections forced countries to impose new restrictions to try to curb a second wave of the pandemic, with the United States and France setting new daily records for cases.

It's not the first time that the White House has been accused of seeking to cover up outbreaks in the executive mansion. It was not clear how the teenager was infected though the official Xinhua news agency said all of the new cases were linked to another garment factory where the patient's parents work. The parents had not tested positive for the virus, however, it said.The Lions' Super Rugby Unlocked fixture against Griquas this weekend will hinge on Tuesday's weekly and mandatory round of Covid-19 testing.

 

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I call bullshit!

Increase the testing back to 60k tests a day then let's see the stats

Govt is pushing hard for a second lockdown. They clearly didn't steal enough.

Pipe down

Doing well and the curve is still flat. So now fix what is left with vigour. Put your back into it so we can end this lockdown

I was down at a point until I was introduced to winnersbitcoin who trade my bitcoin for me and my life took a better turn.

No reason for harder lockdown figures stay consistent

Are we still in this Covid 19 fiasco?

We are doing very well

Why are they lying to us like that? Not true

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