New Delhi [India], January 9 (ANI): India has reported a total of 1,04,31,639 COVID-19 cases so far, according to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW).
Puducherry [India], January 9 (ANI): As many as 36 new COVID-19 cases were reported in Puducherry, while 51others recovered from the virus on Saturday, the health department said.
Dhaka [Bangladesh], January 9 (ANI/Xinhua): Bangladesh reported 692 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 and 22 new deaths on Saturday, bringing its total tally to 521,382 with 7,756 deaths, the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) said.
Tehran [Iran], January 9 (ANI/Xinhua): Iran's health ministry reported 5,924 new COVID-19 cases on Saturday, raising the total nationwide infections to 1,280,438.
Tokyo [Japan], January 09 (ANI/Xinhua): The confirmed COVID-19 cases in Japan increased by 7,109 to reach 281,992 as of Saturday evening, according to the latest figures from the health ministry and local authorities.
Moscow [Russia], January 9 (ANI/Sputnik): Russia has registered 23,309 COVID-19 cases over the past 24 hours, down from 23,652 the day before, taking the tally to 3,379,103, the coronavirus response center said on Saturday.
Brasilia [Brazil], January 9 (ANI/Sputnik): The number of registered coronavirus cases in Brazil has topped 8 million, the country's Health Ministry said in a statement.
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], January 9 (ANI): Kerala Tourism Minister Kadakampally Surendran on Friday said the government has issued orders to reopen spas and ayurvedic resorts in the state, which were closed due to COVID-19.
Washington [US], January 08 (ANI/Sputnik): The number of people who lost their lives to COVID-19 in the United States in a single day exceeds 4,000 for the first time, according to data compiled by the Johns Hopkins University tally.
Patna (Bihar) [India], January 8 (ANI): All 22 students from a school in Munger who tested positive for COVID-19 tested negative in the second round of coronavirus antigen test on Friday, said an official.
Washington [US], January 8 (ANI/Sputnik): The efficacy of the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine (official name BNT162b2) might sustain against the newly-detected mutant strains from the United Kingdom and South Africa, a group of US scientists said in a research paper.
Moscow [Russia], January 8 (ANI/Sputnik): Russia's coronavirus tally has increased by 23,652 cases recorded over the past 24 hours, compared to the 23,541 registered the day before, the government's coronavirus response centre said in an update on Friday.