Naypyitaw [Myanmar], August 7 (ANI/Xinhua): The number of COVID-19 infections has risen to 322,838 with 11,262 deaths in Myanmar on Friday, according to a release from the Ministry of Health.
Mumbai (Maharashtra), August 6 (ANI): Maharashtra minister Aditya Thackeray on Friday said that the main aim of the state government was to prevent the spread of coronavirus infection in the state.
Beijing [China], August 6 (ANI): China's coronavirus cases saw a new jump on Friday as the country reported 124 new infections, the highest in recent days, China's National Health Commission said.
Seoul [South Korea], August 6 (ANI/Xinhua): South Korea reported 1,704 more cases of COVID-19 as of midnight Thursday compared to 24 hours ago, raising the total number of infections to 207,406.
Jerusalem [Israel] August 6 (ANI/Xinhua): Israel's Ministry of Health reported 3,345 new COVID-19 cases on Thursday, bringing the tally of infections in the country to 889,111.
Kuala Lampur [Malaysia] August 6 (ANI/FENA): The daily number of coronavirus infections in Malaysia on Thursday surpassed 20,000 people for the first time, doubling in just three weeks despite a national lockdown.
Ankara [Turkey] August 6 (ANI/Xinhua): Turkey on Thursday registered 24,297 new COVID-19 cases, raising the tally of infections in the country to 5,846,784.
New Delhi [India], August 5 (ANI): With 61 fresh positive COVID-19 cases being reported in the last 24 hours, Delhi's recovery rate has remained over 98.21 per cent for consecutive 21 days.
New Delhi [India], Aug 5 (ANI): Domestic air passenger traffic grew 56 per cent at about 48 lakh in July compared to 31 lakh in June as Covid infection trajectory declined, rating agency ICRA said on Thursday.
New Delhi [India], August 5 (ANI): IIT Kanpur and IIT Hyderabad have predicted the third wave of COVID-19 in mid-August that will see a rise in cases in October, but top microbiologist and virologist, Dr Gagandeep Kang said that this will depend on the type of variants, and added that if
Tokyo [Japan], August 5 (ANI/Sputnik): Against the backdrop of the Tokyo Olympic Games, Japan set a new record of over 15,000 daily COVID-19 infections, breaking the previous record of 14,200 cases that was registered just one day earlier, NHK broadcaster reported on Thursday.
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], August 5 (ANI): After declining 13 to 15 per cent last fiscal, cigarette sales volume is set to rise 7 to 9 per cent to 83 to 85 billion sticks this fiscal, driven by recovery in out-of-home consumption, limited price hikes and a lower-base effect.