Brasilia [Brazil], August 17 (ANI/Xinhua): Brazil registered 434 more COVID-19 deaths in the past 24 hours, raising its national death toll to 569,492, the health ministry said on Monday.
Jerusalem [Israel], August 17 (ANI/Xinhua): Israel's Ministry of Health reported 9,379 new COVID-19 cases on Monday, bringing the tally of infections in the country to 948,058.
Mumbai (Maharastra) [India], August 17 (ANI): As many as ten new cases of Delta Plus variant of COVID-19 has been detected in Maharashtra, according to the state health department.
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], August 16 (ANI): As COVID-19 cases continue to decline in Karnataka, the state government on Monday issued a circular stating that schools can be reopened for Class 9 and 10 from August 23 in districts where the test positivity rate (TPR) is below 2 per cent
Tokyo [Japan] August 16 (ANI/Sputnik): Japanese government will prolong the state of emergency in Tokyo and five more prefectures, expanding it to cover three more prefectures, in a bid to halt a recent flare-up in COVID-19 cases, the Asahi newspaper reported on Monday.
New Delhi [India], August 16 (ANI): A public interest litigation (PIL) was filed in the Delhi High Court seeking to declare a ban on medically unnecessary, sex-selective surgeries on intersex infants and children except in cases of life-threatening situations in the national capital.
Patna (Bihar) [India], August 16 (ANI): In view of decreasing Covid-19 cases across Bihar, students in the state returned to school on Monday after a hiatus of a year-and-half.
New Delhi [India], August 16 (ANI): With 32,937 fresh COVID-19 cases reported in the last 24 hours, India's active caseload stands at 3,81,947, informed the Ministry of Health and Family welfare on Monday.
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], August 16 (ANI): Odisha on Monday recorded 868 new Covid cases in the last 24 hours, taking the active case tally to 10,187, as per the state government.
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], August 16 (ANI): Witnessing a dip in COVID-19 cases in Uttar Pradesh, schools across the state re-opened for classes 9 to 12 from Monday while adhering to COVID-19 protocols.
Ottawa [Canada], August 16 (ANI/Xinhua): Canada's new COVID-19 cases continue rising, bringing the cumulative total to 1,451,211 cases, including 26,700 deaths, as of Sunday afternoon, according to CTV.