Addis Ababa [Ethiopia], October 29 (ANI/Xinhua): The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Africa reached 8,487,743 cases as of Friday afternoon, the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) said.
Yerevan [Armenia], October 29 (ANI/Xinhua): Armenia on Friday reported 2,096 new COVID-19 cases, taking its total caseload to 304,546, according to the country's health ministry.
Manila [Phillippines], October 29 (ANI/Xinhua): The Philippines' Department of Health (DOH) reported 4,043 new COVID-19 infections on Friday, pushing the number of confirmed cases in the Southeast Asian country to 2,779,943.
Moscow [Russia], October 29 (ANI/Sputnik): Russia registered 39,849 COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, down from the record 40,096 the day before, bringing the cumulative total to 8,432,546, the federal response center said on Friday.
Santiago [Chile], October 29 (ANI/Xinhua): Chile on Thursday registered 2,205 new cases of COVID-19 infection and 22 more deaths in 24 hours, raising the caseload to 1,688,454 and the pandemic death toll to 37,719, according to the Ministry of Health.
Ankara [Turkey], October 29 (ANI/Xinhua): Turkey on Thursday confirmed 25,528 new COVID-19 cases, raising its tally of infections to 7,961,535, according to its health ministry.
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], October 29 (ANI): West Bengal has reported 990 new COVID-19 cases and nine deaths in the last 24 hours, informed the state's health department on Thursday.
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], October 29 (ANI): A total of 1,061 fresh COVID-19 cases and 12 deaths were reported in Tamil Nadu in the last 24 hours, said the state's health department on Thursday.
Geneva [Switzerland], October 28 (ANI/Sputnik): New COVID-19 cases and deaths worldwide are rising again for the first time in two months on account of renewed spread in Europe, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO), said on Thursday.
New Delhi [India], October 28 (ANI): Delhi reported 42 fresh COVID-19 cases on Thursday and no single death was reported in the city for the six consecutive days.
Berlin [Germany], October 28 (ANI/Xinhua): Germany registered 28,037 new COVID-19 infections within one day, almost 12,000 more than a week ago, the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) announced on Thursday.