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At least 1 in 3 of the world's school children – 463 million children globally – were unable to access remote learning when COVID-19 shuttered their schools. [26] This raised concerns regarding the social, economic, and educational impacts of protracted school closures on students. [27] [28] [29] [30]
For even more international statistics in table, graph, and map form see COVID-19 pandemic by country. COVID-19 pandemic is the worst-ever worldwide calamity experienced on a large scale (with an estimated 7 million deaths) in the 21st century. The COVID-19 death toll is the highest seen on a global scale since the Spanish flu and World War II.
For the Netherlands, based on overall excess mortality, an estimated 20,000 people died from COVID-19 in 2020, [10] while only the death of 11,525 identified COVID-19 cases was registered. [9] The official count of COVID-19 deaths as of December 2021 is slightly more than 5.4 million, according to World Health Organization's report in May 2022 ...
A fire broke out at a children's hospital in Romanian capital Bucharest late on Tuesday and 110 people were evacuated without any casualties, the government's emergency response unit said. Over ...
CHICAGO — Health officials in Chicago confirmed the city’s first pediatric seasonal flu-related deaths of 2025 this week. According to officials from the Chicago Department of Public Health ...
The effect of school closure on COVID-19 cases and mortality has been examined in multiple studies. In a study that looked specifically at school closure in the United States, closure of schools was associated with 1.37 million fewer cases and 40,600 fewer deaths from COVID-19 in a six-week study period. [34]
A seven-year-old girl died and seven other people were wounded – including two young children – when shots were fired while they were standing outside at a family gathering in Chicago Saturday ...
Infants made up a small fraction of COVID-19 related deaths worldwide, and this was the first death for any infant in the United States who tested positive for COVID-19 . [73] On March 30, Dr. Ngozi Ezike, director of the IDPH, announced that there were 461 new cases and eight deaths. Counties that reported deaths were Cook (a male in his 50s ...