Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], October 24 (ANI): Tamil Nadu reported 1,140 new COVID-19 cases and 17 deaths in the last 24 hours, according to the health bulletin released by the state on Saturday.
Hubli (Karnataka) [India], October 24 (ANI): Union Minister for Coal and Mines Pralhad Joshi said that Congress leader Siddaramaiah has stooped to such a low level that he does not want to acknowledge or appreciate India's achievement of inoculating 100 crore COVID-19 vaccine doses.
Meerut (Uttar Pradesh) [India], October 24 (ANI): Days after India administered 100 crore COVID-19 vaccine doses, All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) President Asaduddin Owaisi hit out at the Centre saying that only 31 per cent of the people in the country are fully vaccinated.
Santiago [Chile], October 24 (ANI/Xinhua): For the second consecutive day, Chile registered more than 2,000 cases of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), with 2,056 new infections in the last 24 hours, the highest figure since July, the Ministry of Health reported on Saturday.
Jaipur (Rajasthan) [India], October 24 (ANI): Rajasthan's Pratapgarh is the first district in the state to completely vaccinate all of its eligible population with the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccination, said the state's health department.
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], October 23 (ANI): As the festive season is going on, people need to be more vigilant keeping the COVID cases surge in mind, said Dr Subhrojyoti Bhowmick, Director of Medicine in Peerless Hospital, Kolkata.
Sofia [Bulgaria], October 23 (ANI/Novinite): More and more young people and children are suffering heavily from COVID-19. This was explained in the studio of "Wake Up" by the director of Alexandrovska Hospital, Dr Atanas Atanasov.
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], October 23 (ANI): Kerala reported 8,909 new COVID-19 cases and 65 deaths in the past 24 hours, said the state health bulletin on Saturday.
Tehran [Iran], October 23 (ANI/Xinhua): Iranian health ministry reported on Saturday 7,081 new COVID-19 cases, taking the country's total infections to 5,851,670.
New Delhi [India], October 23 (ANI): Union Health Ministry reviewed the status and progress of the ongoing COVID-19 vaccination drive with states and union territories (UTs) on Saturday.
Jakarta [Indonesia], October 23 (ANI/Xinhua): The number of COVID-19 cases in Indonesia rose by 802 in the past 24 hours to 4,239,396, with the death toll adding by 23 to 143,176, the Indonesian Health Ministry said on Saturday.