Leh (Ladakh) [India], March 19 (ANI): Ladakh reported five fresh COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, the health department of the Union Territory informed on Saturday.
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], March 19 (ANI): Following the reports of a surge in COVID-19 cases in European countries and neighboring China, Maharashtra Health Minister Rajesh Tope on Saturday said the state government is on alert over the situation.
Taipei [Taiwan], March 19 (ANI): Taiwan reported 126 new COVID-19 cases on Saturday, including six locally transmitted infections and 120 imported ones, marking the highest daily number of cases originating overseas since the pandemic began, the island's disease monitoring agency said.
Hong Kong, March 19 (ANI): As Hong Kong surpassed one million Covid-19 cases since 2020, some are afraid that the government's failure to get the virus under control has accelerated Beijing's authority over the "semiautonomous Chinese territory," reported media.
Islamabad [Pakistan], March 19 (ANI): Pakistan reported 483 fresh COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) said on Saturday.
New Delhi [India], March 19 (ANI): India reported a total of 2,075 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, taking the total number of infections to 4,30,06,080, informed the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Saturday.
Hong Kong, March 19 (ANI): Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam announced that the country will exclude the large supermarkets and pharmacy chains, as well as other businesses from the next round of government wage subsidies, who remain "unaffected" from the fifth-wave of Covid-19 outbreak.
Beijing [China], March 19 (ANI): Witnessing a surge in COVID-19 cases, China on Friday reported 2,157 locally transmitted COVID-19 cases, the National Health Commission said on Saturday.
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], March 18 (ANI): Tamil Nadu logged 61 new COVID-19 cases and zero deaths in the last 24 hours, informed the state health department on Friday.
Guwahati (Assam) [India], March 18 (ANI): Assam reported four new COVID-19 infections in the past 24 hours, taking the active caseload in the state to 18, according to an official bulletin on Friday.