Jakarta [Indonesia], November 17 (ANI/Xinhua): Indonesia on Wednesday confirmed 522 new COVID-19 cases, raising its total tally of infections to 4,251,945, according to the country's Health Ministry.
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], November 17 (ANI): Andhra Pradesh Governor Biswa Bhusan Harichandan tested positive for COVID-19 after he got admitted to AIG hospital in Hyderabad on Wednesday.
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], November 17 (ANI): Kerala reported 6,849 new COVID-19 cases and 61 deaths in the past 24 hours, said a bulletin from the Kerala health department.
Sofia [Bulgaria], November 17 (ANI/Novinite): The total confirmed cases of coronavirus in Bulgaria are 662,739. This is shown by data from the National Information System. The new cases for the past 24 hours are 3 869. 111 662 are the active cases in the country.
Zagreb [Croatia], November 17 (ANI/Xinhua): Croatia logged 64 COVID-19 related deaths in the latest 24-hour span, bringing the national death toll to 10,050 since the outbreak of the pandemic, the national COVID-19 response team said on Wednesday.
Paris [France], November 17 (ANI/Xinhua): France will face the acceleration of the fifth wave of COVID-19 pandemic in the coming weeks, Jean-Francois Delfraissy, head of the scientific council that advises the government on COVID-19, warned on Wednesday.
Hanoi [Vietnam] November 17 (ANI/Xinhua): Vietnam reported 9,849 new COVID-19 cases on Wednesday, including 9,839 locally transmitted and 10 imported ones, according to its Ministry of Health.
Vijayawada (Andhra Pradesh) [India], November 17 (ANI): Andhra Pradesh Governor Biswa Bhusan Harichandan has been admitted to AIG Hospital in Hyderabad on Wednesday after he showed 'minor COVID-19 symptoms', informed the press note issued by Raj Bhavan.
Ottawa [Canada], November 17 (ANI): A new study has shown how dexamethasone, the main treatment for severe COVID-19 lung infections, may help male patients but has little to no benefit for females.
New Delhi [India], November 17 (ANI): More than 20 months after the Kartarpur corridor was shut down due to the COVID-19 pandemic, a jatha of Sikh pilgrims from India crossed over to Pakistan on Wednesday ahead of the birth anniversary of Guru Nanak.
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], November 17 (ANI/NewsVoir): The Consulate General of Republic of Korea in Chennai expresses its delight in announcing the distribution of 4,000 COVID-19 preventive kits to Government School children, as the Tamil Nadu State Government has decided to reopen schoo
Moscow [Russia], November 17 (ANI/Sputnik): Russia has confirmed 36,626 COVID-19 cases over the past 24 hours, bringing the cumulative total to 9,182,538, the response center said on Wednesday.