Brasilia [Brazil], January 27 (ANI/Sputnik): The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Brazil has increased by record 224,567 to more than 24.53 million within the past 24 hours, the National Ministry of Health said on late Wednesday.
Ottawa [Canada], January 23 (ANI/Xinhua): Canada confirmed 13,555 new COVID-19 cases Saturday afternoon, elevating its national caseload to 2,905,560 with 32,502 deaths, CTV reported.
New Delhi [India], January 20 (ANI): The Central government on Thursday informed that 72 per cent of India's adult population is fully vaccinated whereas around 52 per cent of children in the 15-18 years old age group have been inoculated with the first dose of COVID-19 vaccine.
Hanoi [Vietnam], January 19 (ANI/Sputnik): Vietnam's Ho Chi Minh City has identified the country's first cases of the Omicron coronavirus strain in people who have not traveled abroad, media reported.
Hanoi [Vietnam], January 16 (ANI/Xinhua): Vietnam reported 15,684 new COVID-19 cases on Sunday, including 15,643 locally transmitted and 41 imported, according to its health ministry.
Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], January 16 (ANI): Jammu and Kashmir logged 3,499 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours taking the total active positive cases to 15,886 in the UT, stated the health bulletin on Sunday.
Tehran [Iran], January 16 (ANI/Xinhua): Iran's Health Ministry on Sunday reported 2,292 new COVID-19 daily cases, taking the country's total infections to 6,221,033.
New Delhi [India], January 15 (ANI): Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain on Saturday informed that COVID-19 cases are expected to be reduced by 4,000 today while the positivity rate will remain around 30 per cent.
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], January 11 (ANI): Amid the surge in the COVID-19 cases, Tamil Nadu Health Minister MA Subramanian on Tuesday said that there is no need for a lockdown in the state amid rising COVID-19 cases.
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], January 9 (ANI): Bengaluru has been reporting a surge in COVID-19 cases as the positivity rate in the city continued to stay around 10 per cent and 9,020 new cases were reported on Sunday while 12,000 fresh cases were reported in Karnataka, informed state healt
Aizawl (Mizoram) [India], January 9 (ANI): Mizoram on Sunday reported 903 new COVID-19 cases and zero deaths, as per the state Department of Information and Public Relations.
Budapest [Hungry], January 7 (ANI/Xinhua): The fifth wave of the COVID-19 pandemic driven by the Omicron variant has hit Hungary, Bela Merkely, rector of Semmelweis Medical University in Budapest and leader of the Clinical Epidemiology Working Group, said on public television M1 on Friday.