Deaths

Coronavirus

PANDEMIC

Mexico records over 300,000 Covid deaths

The Nomad Today/dpa 1/8/22

Some 646,000 more people died in Mexico in the past two years up to 13 December than would have been expected according to the average of the previous five years

09 May 2021, Spain, Palma: Customers sit on the terrace of a bar in the resort city of Palma. Spain has lifted the six-month-long national state of emergency and curfew, imposed to curb the the coronavirus spread. Photo: Clara Margais/dpa

Moving to Spain

POPULATION

Spanish population decrease due to fewer births, net migration loss

The Nomad Today 12/17/21

The population decrease affects both people of Spanish nationality and foreigners, although it was a little more accentuated among the latter

Coronavirus

PANDEMIC

Johns Hopkins University: Global Covid-19 deaths top 4 million

The Nomad Today/dpa 7/8/21

Deaths related to coronavirus rose from three to four million in just under three months.

28 June 2021, Canada, Olds: Poppy Collins (C), five, sits under a water umbrella to try and beat the heat at a splash park. Environment Canada warns the torrid heat wave that has settled over much of Western Canada won't lift for days. Photo: Jeff Mcintosh/The Canadian Press via ZUMA/dpa

World

PEOPLE AT RISK

More than 100 sudden deaths reported in Canada's extreme heatwave

The Nomad Today/dpa 6/30/21

On Tuesday, thermometers rose to 49.5 degrees Celsius in Lytton, British Columbia

A crashed car in an accident. Photo: Foreigner.fi.

Finland

ACCIDENTS

Road traffic fatalities in Finland increased in May

The Nomad Today 6/23/21

Among those who died, 17 were men and 4 were women.

A car crashed in an accident on a dirt road in the Uusimaa region. Photo: Foreigner.fi.

Finland

TRAFFIC

Deaths in road accidents decreased in the first quarter of the year

The Nomad Today 4/23/21

The number of people killed was 20 lower than in the corresponding period of 2020.

02 April 2021, Brazil, Sao Paulo: Employees of the Vila Formosa cemetery, the largest in Latin America, carry a coffin to bury a person who died of coronavirus (Covid-19). Due to the high number of deaths, the employees also work during the night. Photo: Lincon Zarbietti/dpa

World

PANDEMIC

Brazil passes 4,000 new daily Covid-19 deaths for first time

The Nomad Today/dpa 4/7/21

Medication, including intubation for Covid-19 patients, is running out.

Coronavirus

CORONAVIRUS

Finland exceeds 80,000 infections, 14 dead during Easter

The Nomad Today 4/6/21

By Tuesday 6 April, a total of 2,700 cases caused by the recently described coronavirus variants have been identified in the 5.5 million country.

A Finnish medic holds the hand of a sick elderly person in the Helsinki hospital. Photo: @HUS.

Coronavirus

EPIDEMIC

Finland reports 607 new coronavirus infections and 18 deaths

The Nomad Today 3/31/21

By Wednesday 31 March, a total of 2,584 cases caused by the recently described coronavirus variants have been identified nationwide.

A sign reading "Corona" stands in front of a Corona test station on the German-Czech border. Photo: Armin Weigel/dpa.

Coronavirus

CORONAVIRUS

EU recorded over 450,000 excess deaths between March and November

The Nomad Today/dpa 2/17/21

The November peak was especially deadly in Bulgaria, Poland and Slovenia, which all showed an increase of more than 90%.

State epidemiologist Anders Tegnell of the Public Health Agency of Sweden talks to reporters after a news conference on the daily update on the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) situation, in Stockholm, Sweden May 6, 2020. Claudio Bresciani/TT News Agency/via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. SWEDEN OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN SWEDEN.

Coronavirus

CORONAVIRUS

Nursing home cases drive Sweden's Covid-19 deaths over 10,000-mark

The Nomad Today/dpa 1/14/21

Sweden, a country of 10.3 million, has now registered a total caseload of 518,000 infections and 10,185 virus-related deaths.

Coronavirus

CORONAVIRUS

US coronavirus infections, deaths, hospitalizations shatter records

The Nomad Today/dpa 12/5/20

The US, which has a population of around 330 million, has recorded 14.1 million infections and more than 276,000 deaths since the start of the pandemic - far more than any other nation.

19 November 2020, Berlin: A face mask covered with some autumn leaves lies on the sidewalk. Public life in Germany has been brought to a near-standstill as part of a four-week shutdown in Europe's largest economy in a bid to stem a surge in coronavirus infections. Photo: Kira Hofmann/dpa-Zentralbild/dpa

Coronavirus

CORONAVIRUS

Finland reports 1,189 infections, 9 deaths in the last 3 days

The Nomad Today 11/23/20

The incidence of new infections in the capital region soars to 146.1 cases per 100,000 inhabitants. Of the new deaths recorded, 4 occurred in the Helsinki area, 3 in Oulu, 1 in…