The Latest Breaking News from Covid-19

The latest COVID-19 case numbers from around the states and territories

Here's a quick wrap of today's COVID statistics from each state and territory.

ABC News · Apr 28, 2022

Expats flee as Shanghai's COVID lockdown drags

Shanghai's heavy-handed COVID-19 lockdown is driving scores of foreign residents to flee the commercial centre, denting the appeal of mainland China's most cosmopolitan city and prompting others to rethink their futures in the metropolis.

Reuters · Apr 28, 2022

Tourist favourite Thailand's recovery lags on COVID rule changes

When 23-year-old Norwegian Anastasia Johansen and her boyfriend were planning their first vacation in two years, they considered going to Thailand but chose nearby Vietnam instead, for its simpler entry rules on the coronavirus.

Reuters · Apr 28, 2022

Highest COVID-19 case count for Illinois in two months

The state public health department has noted that severe cases ending in hospitalization or death have remained very low — though hospital figures are now on the rise.

Chicago Sun-Times · Apr 28, 2022

Thailand Pass stays, but in 'faster form'

The government has said it has not cancelled the Thailand Pass registration requirement for foreign travellers yet but it will be made more conve­nient and quicker to obtain.

Bangkok Post · Apr 28, 2022

As it happened: As Albo leaves isolation, another Labor leader enters it

Opposition leader Anthony Albanese is out of isolation from COVID-19 as he will take a gradual approach to campaigning on advice of his doctor.

The Canberra Times · Apr 28, 2022

West Bengal: Wednesday Covid tally crosses 50 1st time since April 2, dips to 34 on Thursday

KOLKATA: The number of daily new Covid cases crossed 50 in Bengal on Wednesday, for the first time since April 2, when it was 70. Since April 23, there has been a slow rise in the number of new cases and the figure reached 52 on Wednesday. On Thursday, however,…

The Times of India · Apr 28, 2022

100 years before Covid, this Kolkata doctor had told us to mask up

KOLKATA: A hundred years before the use of pathogen-preventive masks burst onto the public consciousness with the appearance of the Covid pandemic, a Kolkata doctor had written extensively about the significance of masks in preventing infectious diseases, and had even described, in a manual, how to make such a mask.

The Times of India · Apr 28, 2022

Covid: 26 IIT-M students test positive; 44 fresh cases in Chennai

CHENNAI: The cluster tally at IIT-M rose to 171 on Thursday after 26 more students tested positive for the viral infection. Fresh cases across the state dropped marginally to 73 compared to 77 on Wednesday. After discharging 32 patients, the state had 488 active patients, an increase from 447 a…

The Times of India · Apr 28, 2022

Maharashtra teen vaccine drive, booster cover way behind India’s average

MUMBAI: About 90% of the eligible population (12 years+) in the state have received at least one shot of Covid-19 vaccine while 71% have got both doses, shows the state’s latest figures.

The Times of India · Apr 28, 2022