Tokyo [Japan], December 27 (ANI/Sputnik): Japan has so far confirmed 58 Omicron cases, including 20 in people who did not go abroad or have contact with other infected persons, the Japanese media reported on Monday.
New Delhi [India], December 27 (ANI): India has logged 6,531 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare informed on Monday.
Melbourne [Australia], December 27 (ANI): Cricket Australia chief Nick Hockley on Monday spoke about the four positive COVID-19 cases in England's camp and reiterated the safety protocols that are present for the ongoing Ashes.
Lima [Peru], December 27 (ANI/Xinhua): Peru confirmed 22 new cases of Omicron, bringing the total number of infected people with the COVID-19 variant to 71, Health Minister Hernando Cevallos reported Sunday.
Amman [Jordan], December 27 (ANI/Xinhua): The Jordanian Health Ministry registered 295 cases of the Omicron COVID-19 variant on Sunday, bringing the total infections of the new variant to 328 across the kingdom, state-run Petra news agency reported.
Melbourne [Australia], December 27 (ANI): Cricket Australia on Monday confirmed that two members of the England Cricket Team's support staff and two of their family members have tested COVID-19 positive during the Rapid Antigen Test.
Tehran [Iran], December 27 (ANI/Sputnik): Iran's Tourism Ministry announced on Sunday a 15-day halt in travel from the United Kingdom, France, Norway, Denmark and eight African countries amid fears over the Omicron coronavirus variant.
Ankara [Turkey], December 27 (ANI/Xinhua): Turkey on Sunday reported 20,138 new COVID-19 cases, raising its tally of infections to 9,307,124, according to its Health Ministry.
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], December 26 (ANI): Maharashtra reported 1,648 new cases of COVID-19 during the last 24 hours, said the state health department on Sunday.
Washington [US], December 26 (ANI): The Los Angeles tour production of 'Hamilton' now playing at the Pantages Theatre in Hollywood had to shut down its performances on Friday and through the Christmas weekend because of breakthrough Covid-19 cases among the cast.
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], December 26 (ANI): With 19 new cases of the Omicron variant of COVID-19 in Kerala, the tally of a new variant in the state has reached 57, the Health Minister Veena George on Sunday.