Tag: death toll

Florida Condo Death Toll Rises to 78, Workers Make Big Progress on Debris

The confirmed death toll in the collapse of a Miami-area condominium tower increased to 78 on Friday after workers recovered an additional 14 bodies and whittled the rubble down close to ground level, officials said. A total of 62 people remain missing and feared dead in the concrete and steel ruins of the 12-story building…


Death Toll Rises to 18 Nearly a Week After Florida Condo Collapse

SURFSIDE, Fla.–Six more bodies have been found in the shattered ruins of a Miami-area condominium tower over the past 24 hours, officials said on Wednesday, bringing the confirmed death toll to 18 nearly a week after the building collapsed. Nobody has been pulled alive from the mounds of pulverized concrete, splintered lumber and twisted metal…


147 People Remain Missing Nearly a Week After Florida Condo Collapse

SURFSIDE, Fla.–Six more bodies have been found in the shattered ruins of a Miami-area condominium tower over the past 24 hours, officials said on Wednesday, bringing the confirmed death toll to 18 nearly a week after the building collapsed. Nobody has been pulled alive from the mounds of pulverized concrete, splintered lumber and twisted metal…


COVID-19 Death Toll Now at 6.9 Million: China Should Pay at Least $19 Trillion in Damages for ‘Mass Murder’

Commentary A new study found that the COVID-19 global death toll is double that of prior estimates by the World Health Organization. The WHO estimated 3.2 million deaths, but Director Chris Murray at the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) at the University of Washington told the Financial Times that “the actual toll is…


Virus-Hit Russia Reports 25 Percent Death Increase in January-March

MOSCOW—Russia’s state statistical service says the number of deaths nationwide in the first three months of 2021 was more than 25 percent higher than the same period a year ago, and it reported thousands more deaths due to COVID-19 in March than tallied by the country’s coronavirus task force. More than 583,000 people died in…


B.C. Records Deadliest February yet for Illicit Drug Overdose Deaths

VICTORIA—Another record death toll for overdoses in British Columbia shows this isn’t just a big-city problem and it must be addressed in every community in the province, Premier John Horgan said Wednesday. The BC Coroners Service reported the province’s deadliest February yet for illicit drug overdoses with 155 lives lost last month. It’s the 11th…


StatCan Data Estimates Nearly 14,000 More Deaths Than Expected in 2020

OTTAWA—Provisional estimates from Statistics Canada suggest nearly 14,000 more deaths than expected took place last year, even accounting for the pandemic and an aging population. The early numbers attempt to measure so-called “excess mortality,” which occurs when there are more deaths during a period of time than would be expected. The report estimates 296,373 deaths…


Chinese Social Media Influencer Forced to Confess on TV

A Chinese social media influencer with millions of followers was recently arrested by Chinese authorities for questioning the Chinese soldiers’ death toll in the Sino-India border conflict in 2020. He was forced to make a “confession” on China’s state-run national TV. On Mar. 1, the Nanjing Procuratorate announced on its official social media WeChat account…


Rep. Scalise Releases Timeline of Cuomo’s Nursing Home Death Toll ‘Cover-Up’

House Minority Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.) on Thursday ramped up his criticism of New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s handling of the nursing home COVID-19 deaths, alleging Cuomo “lied about the death toll” and releasing a timeline of the alleged cover-up. “The facts are simple: Governor Cuomo issued an order sending thousands of contagious COVID-19 positive…


China Insider: CCP Arrests Netizens Who Doubt Death Toll of China-India Conflict

The CCP’s media has been publicizing at full speed victory on the India-China border and the burial ceremony of the fallen soldiers, but netizens have not been allowed to question the true number of casualties. Experts believe that the result of the CCP instigating the Sino-Indian conflict is actually a strategic failure.