New York Governor Andrew Cuomo reports 731 more deaths in the state from COVID-19, the highest daily death toll in the state to date, bringing the state's death toll to 5,489 and 138,836 infections. 2020-04-7
Barbados reports its first death from COVID-19, an 81-year-old man with diabetes who recently travelled to the United Kingdom. 2020-04-6
Former Libyan Prime Minister Mahmoud Jibril dies in Egypt from COVID-19 at the age of 67. 2020-04-5
Police surround the Champ-Dollon prison in Geneva, Switzerland, after dozens of prisoners refuse to return to their cells because of new coronavirus measures. 2020-04-3
Japanese comedian Ken Shimura dies from pneumonia several days after being diagnosed with COVID-19. 2020-03-30
New Hampshire Governor Chris Sununu issues a stay-at-home order until May 4. 2020-03-26
The British government announces that ExCeL London will be turned into a 4000-bed hospital to open next week, staffed primarily by military medics. 2020-03-23
Scientists from Imperial College London say that a vaccine could be tested soon. 2020-03-14
Ireland suspends all schools, colleges and childcare facilities until March 29 in response to the coronavirus, while indoor gatherings of more than 100 people and outdoor gatherings of more than 500 people should be cancelled until further notice, according to Taoiseach Leo Varadkar. 2020-03-12