New Delhi [India], May 8 (ANI): The national capital reported 1,422 new COVID cases in the last 24 hours, according to the health bulletin by the Delhi government on Sunday.
Beijing [China], May 8 (ANI): Wang Linqing, a former assistant judge at China's Supreme Court has been sentenced to 14 years in prison on charges of taking bribes and obtaining national secrets, according to media reports.
Shanghai [China], May 8 (ANI): China's Shanghai reported over 3,760 local COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, the municipal health commission said on Sunday, adding that all of them are asymptomatic.
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 8 (ANI): Pakistan reported a total of 46 new COVID-19 cases and three deaths on Saturday, the country's ministry of health said on Sunday.
Seoul [South Korea], May 8 (ANI/Xinhua): South Korea reported 40,064 new COVID-19 cases as of midnight Saturday compared to 24 hours ago, raising the total number of infections to 17,544,398, the health authorities said Sunday.
Guwahati (Assam) [India], May 8 (ANI): Assam Police has claimed that the average crime rate per lakh population in the state has come down and the average crime rate per lakh of the population was 384 cases last year and has now reduced to 222 cases this year.
Kuala Lumpur [Malaysia], May 8 (ANI/Xinhua): Malaysia reported 1,372 new COVID-19 infections as of midnight Saturday, bringing the national total to 4,456,736, according to the Health Ministry.
Wellington [New Zealand], May 8 (ANI/Xinhua): New Zealand reported its first case of Omicron BA.5 variant at the border amid 12,392 community cases during the weekend, said the Ministry of Health in a statement on Sunday.
New Delhi [India], May 8 (ANI): India witnessed a slight decrease in COVID-19 cases with the country reporting 3,451 fresh infections in a day, pushing the active cases of the disease to 20,635, according to Union Health Ministry data.
Beijing [China], May 8 (ANI): Witnessing a surge in COVID-19 cases, China on Saturday reported 319 confirmed local COVID-19 cases, of which 215 were in Shanghai, the National Health Commission said on Sunday.
Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], May 8 (ANI): The Jammu and Kashmir State Investigation Agency (SIA) carried out searches in 19 places across Kashmir on Saturday.