Tokyo [Japan], January 7 (ANI/Sputnik): Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said on Friday that COVID-19 restrictions in the prefectures of Hiroshima, Yamaguchi and Okinawa will be tightened from January 9.
New Delhi [India], January 7 (ANI): India reported 1,17,100 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, taking the daily positivity rate in the country to 7.74 per cent, said the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Friday.
Hong Kong, January 6 (ANI/Xinhua): Hong Kong on Thursday reported 33 new cases of COVID-19 over the past 24 hours, taking the total tally to 12,832, data from the Center for Health Protection showed.
Jakarta [Indonesia], January 6 (ANI/Xinhua): Indonesia on Thursday confirmed 533 new COVID-19 cases, raising its tally of infections to 4,264,669, according to the country's Health Ministry.
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], January 6 (ANI): Kerala on Thursday reported 50 new cases of Omicron variant of COVId-19, taking the state tally to 280, informed Kerala Health department.
Moscow [Russia], January 6 (ANI/Sputnik): Russia has confirmed 15,316 new COVID-19 cases over the past 24 hours, bringing the cumulative total to 10,601,300, the federal response center said on Thursday.
Wellington [New Zealand], January 6 (ANI/Xinhua): New Zealand reported 19 new cases of COVID-19 in the community on Thursday, bringing the total number of confirmed cases in the country's current community outbreak to 11,022.
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], January 5 (ANI): A spike in COVID-19 cases was witnessed in Karnataka on Wednesday as the state reported 4,246 new cases of the infection with a test positivity rate of 3.33 per cent.
Amaravati (Andhra Pradesh), January 5 (ANI): The COVID-19 cases are increasing gradually in Andhra Pradesh, and in the last 24 hours, 434 new positive cases were reported in the state on Wednesday as against Tuesday's 334 cases.
Jakarta [Indonesia], January 5 (ANI/Xinhua): Indonesia has confirmed 404 new cases of the coronavirus, bringing the total number of infections to 4,264,136, the country's COVID-19 task force said on Wednesday.
Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], January 5 (ANI): Jammu and Kashmir reported 418 new cases of COVID-19 during the last 24 hours, said the Union Territory's health department on Wednesday.