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Coronavirus: Algeria's Death Toll Exceeds 150 


Sun 05 Apr 2020 | 09:39 PM
Mohamed Helba

Algeria's Health Ministry on Sunday reported 22 new coronavirus deaths, raising the death toll in the North African Countries to 152 during the last twenty-four hours.

In a statement, the ministry said that 69 new coronavirus cases have been reported, bringing the total number of the confirmed diagnosed cases to 1320.

"Up to 90 patients have recovered so far," the ministry added.

Globally, over 64,000 people have died by coronavirus pandemic since the outbreak of the virus in China’s Hubei province. Over 1.2 million people are also infected by the virus. Over 250,000 people have recovered from coronavirus globally so far.

Italy, Spain, The United States and France are the top countries losing thousands of their nationals by the pandemic. The four countries have registered a total death of around 45,000 people by coronavirus pandemic, out of which 15,362 death is registered in Italy.

Several world countries have tightened restrictions on movement and travel, with the aim of curbing the spread of the Coronavirus, and some have pledged billions of dollars in economic stimulus programs to reduce the economic repercussions of the crisis.

It is worth mentioning that, The World Health Organization (WHO) declared coronavirus a global pandemic as the new virus has rapidly spread to more than 121,000 people from Asia to the Middle East, Europe, and the United States.

More cases of the virus, which causes respiratory disease COVID-19, continue to emerge, with outbreaks in South Korea, Italy, and Iran.

People across the globe partake in self-isolation for 14 days as an effective precautionary measure to protect those around them and themselves from contracting COVID-19.

Transmission of virus between humans happens when someone comes into contact with an infected person’s secretions, such as droplets in a cough.

It can also be transmitted by coming into contact with something an infected person has touched and then touching your mouth, nose or eyes.