Moscow [Russia], December 5 (ANI/Sputnik): Russia has registered a new single-day record of 28,782 COVID-19 cases, up from the 27,403 new positive tests recorded the day before, bringing the country's case total to 2,431,731, the federal response center said on Saturday.
Cape Town [South Africa], December 5 (ANI): All the Proteas players who are part of the ODI squad for the series against England have tested negative for the coronavirus, Cricket South Africa (CSA) said on Saturday.
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], December 5 (ANI): Telangana reported 596 COVID-19 cases and three deaths till 8.00 pm on Friday, taking the total number of cases in the state to 2,72,719, the state's Health Department said on Saturday.
Islamabad [Pakistan], December 5 (ANI): Pakistan on Saturday reported 44 COVID-19 related deaths in the last 24 hours as the nationwide tally of fatalities has jumped to 8,303.
New Delhi [India], December 5 (ANI): With India recording more recoveries than the new COVID-19 cases for the last eight days, the active coronavirus caseload dropped below 4.10 lakh (4,09,689) on Saturday, the lowest in 136 days, according to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.
Islamabad [Pakistan], December 5 (ANI): A senior Karachi Metropolitan Corporation (KMC) official has sought legal action against his colleague who had "deliberately kissed him before revealing that he was coronavirus positive".
Washington [US], December 5 (ANI): Grammy-winning musician Billie Eilish on Friday (local time) announced that she is canceling her "When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?" tour, which was earlier postponed after the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Berlin [Germany], December 5 (ANI/Sputnik): Germany has registered 23,318 new coronavirus cases over the past 24 hours, with total count reaching 1,153,556, the Robert Koch Institute said on Saturday.
Seoul [South Korea], December 5 (ANI/Xinhua): South Korea reported 583 more cases of COVID-19 as of 0:00 a.m. Saturday local time compared to 24 hours ago, raising the total number of infections to 36,915.
New Delhi [India], December 5 (ANI): The overall coronavirus cases in India crossed the 96-lakh mark with 36,652 new COVID-19 infections in the last 24 hours, the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said on Saturday.
Maryland [US], December 5 (ANI): The global coronavirus caseload nears the 66 million cases mark, as per the latest update by Johns Hopkins University.
Mexico City [Mexico], December 5 (ANI/Sputnik): Mexico has registered 12,127 new COVID-19 cases within the past 24 hours marking the largest daily increase since the start of the outbreak, the national Ministry of Health said.