Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], January 5 (ANI): A spike in COVID-19 cases was witnessed in Karnataka on Wednesday as the state reported 4,246 new cases of the infection with a test positivity rate of 3.33 per cent.
Gandhinagar (Gujarat) [India], January 5 (ANI): Gujarat reported 3,350 new cases of COVID-19 during the last 24 hours, said the state government on Wednesday.
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], January 5 (ANI): Karnataka on Tuesday reported 149 new cases of Omicron variant of coronavirus taking the cumulative tally of Omicron cases in the state to 226.
Copenhagen [Denmark], January 4 (ANI/Sputnik): Denmark has registered 18 deaths linked to the Omicron variant of the coronavirus since it emerged in the country, media reported on Tuesday, citing data from the Statens Serum Institute.
Bangkok [Thailand], January 4 (ANI/Xinhua): Thailand's Ministry of Public Health said on Tuesday that a total of 2,062 Omicron cases of COVID-19 have been detected in the country.
Washington [US], December 31 (ANI/Sputnik): The United States' health care system is experiencing an unprecedented overload amid the spread of COVID-19 Omicron variant, with 78% of beds in intensive care units (ICU) occupied all over the country, Dr James Phillips, chief of disaster medicine
Moscow [Russia], December 30 (ANI/Sputnik): Russia has confirmed 21,073 new COVID-19 cases over the past 24 hours, bringing the cumulative total to 10,479,344 the federal response center said on Thursday.
Moscow [Russia], December 29 (ANI/Sputnik): Russia has confirmed 21,119 new COVID-19 cases over the past 24 hours, bringing the cumulative total to 10,458,271, the federal response center said on Wednesday.
Moscow [Russia], December 27 (ANI/Sputnik): Russia has confirmed 21,922 new COVID-19 cases over the past 24 hours, bringing the cumulative total to 10,437,152, the federal response center said on Tuesday.
Madrid [Spain], December 28 (ANI/Xinhua): The Spanish Ministry of Health on Monday evening said that the 14-day incidence of the coronavirus rose by 294 points in the four days from December 23 to 1,206.21 cases per 100,000 people after the Christmas holiday weekend.
Tehran [Iran], December 26 (ANI/Sputnik): Iran is closing its land borders with the neighboring countries amid a rapid spread of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus, Rohollah Latifi, the spokesman for Iran's Customs, said.
Ankara [Turkey], December 25 (ANI/Xinhua): Turkey on Friday reported 18,910 new COVID-19 cases, raising its tally of infections to 9,266,516, according to its health ministry.