Washington [US], April 29 (ANI): The uncontrolled spread of the coronavirus through all Americas accounted for a major part of global deaths last week, with one in four COVID-19 deaths in the world taking place here, says Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) Director Carissa Etienne.
Buenos Aires [Argentina], April 29 (ANI/Xinhua): Argentina's Ministry of Health reported on Wednesday 23,718 new COVID-19 infections and 348 more deaths in the last day, for a total of 2,928,890 cases and 62,947 deaths, amid a new wave of infections.
Ottawa [Canada], April 29 (ANI/Xinhua): Canada reported 5,071 new COVID-19 cases as of Wednesday afternoon, bringing the total number to 1,200,057, including 24,106 deaths and 101,586 variants, according to CTV.
Beirut [Lebanon], April 29 (ANI/Xinhua): Lebanon registered on Wednesday 1,478 new COVID-19 cases, raising the total number of infections to 524,241, the health ministry reported.
New Delhi [India], April 29 (ANI): India continued to report high COVID-19 cases with over 3.6 lakh new coronavirus cases and 3,293 deaths in the last 24 hours. The number of new cases is biggest in a single-day since the onset of the pandemic.
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 28 (ANI): Pakistan, in the last 24 hours, registered a record single-day hike in COVID-19 deaths since the start of the pandemic, and the federal government is now mulling a tougher lockdown in coronavirus-hit cities.
Geneva [Switzerland], April 28 (ANI): The World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday said that it has bolstered its COVID-19 response in India by redeploying 2,600 health experts from other programs to counter the recent daily spike in cases and deaths.
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], April 28 (ANI): A total of 8,061 new COVID-19 cases, 5,093 recoveries and 56 deaths were reported over the last 24 hours, State Health Department said on Wednesday.
New Delhi [India], April 28 (ANI): Witnessing a continuous surge in coronavirus infections across the country, India reported over 3.60 lakh fresh COVID-19 cases and close to 3,300 related deaths in the last 24 hours, its biggest single-day hike since the onset of the pandemic.
Thane (Maharashtra) [India], April 28 (ANI): A police investigation will be carried out in the case of four deaths that took place in a hospital in Maharashtra's Thane due to a fire, said Senior Police Inspector Madhukar Shivaji Kad on Tuesday.
Santiago [Chile], April 28 (ANI/Xinhua): Chile's Health Ministry reported on Tuesday 4,141 COVID-19 infections and 45 more deaths in the last 24 hours, for a total of 1,179,772 cases and 26,020 deaths.