Yavatmal (Maharashtra) [India], February 26 (ANI): In the wake of a continuous surge in COVID-19 cases, Yavatmal's District Collector, M Devender Singh announced a curfew in the district from February 27 to March 1. The essential services are exempted from the curfew.
New Delhi [India], February 26 (ANI): Delhi reported 256 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, taking the cumulative count of people infected with the virus to 6,38,849, said health officials on Friday.
Kuala Lumpur [Malaysia], February 26 (ANI/Xinhua): Malaysia reported 2,253 new COVID-19 infections, the health ministry said on Friday, bringing the national total to 295,951.
New Delhi [India], February 26 (ANI): Karnataka reported 571 new COVID-19 cases, 642 recoveries, and 4 deaths in the last 24 hours, as per State Health Department's data on Friday.
Amaravati (Andhra Pradesh) [India], February 26 (ANI): A total of 96 new COVID-19 cases and one death were reported in Andhra Pradesh in the last 24 hours, informed the state health department on Friday.
Manila [Philippines], February 26 (ANI/Xinhua): The Department of Health (DOH) of the Philippines reported on Friday 2,651 new COVID-19 cases, the highest daily increase since October 17 last year, bringing the total number of confirmed cases in the Southeast Asian country to 571,327.
Moscow [Russia], February 26 (ANI/Sputnik): Russia's single-day increase in coronavirus cases fell to the lowest level since October 5 with 11,086 new cases confirmed (down from 11,198 the day before), the coronavirus response center said on Friday.
Nagpur (Maharashtra) [India], February 26 (ANI): Amid a surge of COVID-19 cases across Maharashtra, businesses of banquet halls have been impacted by the introduction of new coronavirus guidelines in Nagpur.
New Delhi [India], February 26 (ANI): As many as 16,577 new COVID-19 cases and 120 deaths were reported in India during the last 24 hours, informed the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) on Friday.
New York [US], February 26 (ANI): The global COVID-19 death toll surpassed 2.5 million on Thursday, according to the Center for Systems Science and Engineering at Johns Hopkins University.
Brasilia [Brazil], February 26 (ANI/Sputnik): The number of people, who have died of COVID-19 in Brazil, has increased by 1,541 to 251,498 within the past 24 hours, the national Health Ministry said on late Thursday.