Washington [US], November 9 (ANI): The coronavirus vaccine developed by drug giant American Pfizer and German biotechnology firm BioNTech was more than 90 per cent effective at protecting people from infection as compared to placebo saline shot, according to an analysis.
Hong Kong, November 9 (ANI): Hong Kong's Centre for Health Protection (CHP) reported six new imported cases of COVID-19 and no local infections on Monday.
Rabat [Morocco], November 9 (ANI/Xinhua): Morocco on Sunday reported 4,596 new COVID-19 cases, taking the number of infections in the country since March 2 to 256,781.
Seoul [South Korea], November 9 (ANI/Xinhua): South Korea reported 126 more cases of COVID-19 as of midnight Sunday (local time) compared to 24 hours ago, raising the total number of infections to 27,553.
Berlin [Germany], November 9 (ANI/Xinhua): Germany's COVID-19 infections increased by 13,363 within one day to a total of 671,868, official data showed on Monday.
Rio De Janeiro [Brazil], November 9 (ANI/Xinhua): Brazil on Sunday said it registered 128 deaths from COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, and 10,554 new cases of infection. The latest figures brought the COVID-19 death toll to 162,397 and the total number of people who have tested positive to 5,6
New Delhi [India], November 9 (ANI): With 45,903 new COVID-19 infections reported in the last 24 hours, India's total cases surged to 85,53,657, said Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) on Monday.
New Delhi [India], November 9 (ANI): With 152 new infections reported, Assam's Covid-19 tally surged to 2,08,789 on Sunday, State Health Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said.
Ranchi (Jharkhand) [India], November 9 (ANI): The Covid-19 tally of Jharkhand surged to 1,04,442 with 203 new positive infections, the state health department said on Sunday.
New Delhi [India], November 8 (ANI): India crossed 85-lakh COVID-19 cases with 45,674 new infections in the last 24 hours, according to the Union Health Ministry on Sunday.
Manila [The Philippines], November 8 (ANI/Xinhua): The Philippines' Department of Health (DOH) on Sunday reported 2,442 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 infection, bringing the total number in the country to 396,395.
Paris [France], November 8 (ANI/Xinhua): France's cumulative number of confirmed COVID-19 cases since the outbreak of the epidemic stood at 1,748,705 and the total number of COVID-19-related fatalities topped 40,000, the Public Health Agency said on Saturday.