Canberra [Australia], August 7 (ANI): Australia witnessed a record daily number of new COVID-19 cases this year on Saturday, with the country's populous states of New South Wales, Victoria and Queensland reporting 361 cases of the Delta variant.
Kuala Lumpur [Malaysia], August 7 (ANI/Xinhua): Malaysia reported another 19,257 new COVID-19 infections, the Health Ministry said on Saturday, bringing the national total to 1,243,852.
Manila [Philippines], August 7 (ANI/Xinhua): The Philippines' Department of Health (DOH) on Saturday reported 11,021 new COVID-19 infections, the highest daily cases since April 17, bringing the total number of confirmed cases in the Southeast Asian country to 1,649,341.
Addis Ababa [Ethiopia], August 7 (ANI/Xinhua): Ethiopia has registered 584 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, taking the nationwide tally to 283,082 as of Friday evening, the country's health ministry said.
New Delhi [India], August 7 (ANI): India on Saturday reported 38,628 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, according to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Saturday. With this, the daily positivity rate remained less than 3 per cent for the last 12 days.
Dhaka [Bangladesh], August 7 (ANI/Xinhua): Bangladesh reported 12,606 new COVID-19 cases and 248 new deaths on Friday, taking the national tally to 1,335,260 and the death toll to 22,150, the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) said.
Tokyo [Japan] August 7 (ANI): The Tokyo metropolitan government on Friday reported 4,515 new COVID-19 cases while additional 29 people associated with Summer Olympics 2020 were also tested positive.
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.
Bangkok [Thailand], August 6 (ANI/Xinhua): Thailand reported a record number of 21,379 new COVID-19 cases on Friday, including 4,700 in the capital Bangkok, taking the national tally since the pandemic began to 714,684.
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], August 6 (ANI): Odisha reported 1,208 new COVID-19 cases, taking the overall tally in the state to 984,731, the state health department informed on Friday.