Tokyo [Japan], November 21 (ANI/Sputnik): Japan and its sprawling capital Tokyo on Saturday both set new records in daily increases in COVID-19 cases with 2,560 and 539 infections respectively, media reported citing health authorities.
Patna (Bihar) [India], November 21 (ANI): As many as 278 new cases were reported in Bihar on Friday, taking the total number of cases in the state to 5,881, the state's health department has said.
Moscow [Russia], November 21 (ANI/Sputnik): Russia has registered 24,822 COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, up from 24,318 the day before, breaking the record for the third consecutive day and bringing the total to 2,064,748, the federal response center said on Saturday.
Naypyitaw [Myanmar], November 21 (ANI/Xinhua): The number of COVID-19 cases has risen to 76,414, with 1,532 new cases in Myanmar on Friday, according to a release from the Health and Sports Ministry.
Washington [US], November 21 (ANI): US President Donald Trump's eldest son, Donald Trump Jr, has tested positive for coronavirus, a personal spokesman told CNN on Friday.
Moscow [Russia], November 21 (ANI/Sputnik): Moscow has registered 74 deaths of patients infected with the COVID-19 over the past 24 hours, bringing the Russian capital's death toll to 8,233, the city's coronavirus response centre said in a statement on Friday.
New Delhi [India], November 20 (ANI): Interpol, the international criminal police organisation, has warned law enforcement agencies across the world to exercise caution and beware of Covid-19 contaminated letters that could target political figures.
Geneva [Switzerland], November 20 (ANI): World Health Organisation (WHO) on Friday has advised against the use of remdesivir in patients hospitalised for coronavirus treatment.
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], November 20 (ANI): Kerala reported 6,028 new cases of COVID-19 and the active cases reached 67,831, said state government on Friday.
Washington [US], November 20 (ANI): American drug giant Pfizer and German laboratory BioNTech on Friday said that they will be submitting to the US Food and Drug Administration for emergency use authorisation for their COVID-19 vaccine candidate.
Moscow [Russia], November 20 (ANI/Sputnik): Russia has registered 24,318 COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, up from 23,610 yesterday, breaking the record for the second consecutive day and bringing the total to 2,039,926, the federal response center said on Friday.