The United States recorded nearly 1,500 deaths from COVID-19 between Thursday and Friday, according to the Johns Hopkins University tracker, the worst 24-hour death toll globally since the pandemic began.

Bagalkote: As coronavirus pandemic spreading its wings, the death toll has risen to 4 in the state with the latest victim in Bagalkote.

Bantwal: Two persons have been arrested on charges of abusing and threatening the life of an Associated Social Health Activist (ASHA) who enquired health of foreign returnees.

Bagalkot: In what is said to be the first case in the District, a 75-year old man has reportedly tested positive for Corona Virus, Bagalkot DC Captain Dr. Rajendra informed.

Google says it will publish users' location data around the world from Friday to allow governments to gauge the effectiveness of social distancing measures, brought in to stem the COVID-19 pandemic.

An undertrial prisoner, who was admitted to the Coronavirus isolation ward at the central prison here, managed to escape after jumping the compound wall, jail authorities said here on Friday.

 US President Donald Trump has tested negative for the novel coronavirus for a second time and is "healthy" and not displaying any symptoms for the deadly disease, the White House physician has said.

 The authorities in China's Wuhan, the epicentre of the novel coronavirus, on Friday asked its residents to stay at home and avoid non-essential outings amid fears of a possible rebound of the disease due to the steady rise in the asymptomatic cases, days after the nine-week lockdown was relaxed in the city.