Jakarta [Indonesia], January 8 (ANI/Xinhua): Indonesia confirmed 479 new COVID-19 cases on Saturday, raising the country's tally of infections to 4,265,666, according to the Health Ministry.
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], January 8 (ANI): Uttar Pradesh reported 6,411 new cases of COVID-19 during the last 24 hours, said the state health department on Saturday.
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], January 8 (ANI): Kerala reported 23 new cases of the Omicron variant of coronavirus on Saturday, said the state health department.
New Delhi [India], January 8 (ANI): Delhi reported 20,181 new COVID-19 cases during the last 24 hours, its highest since May 5 last year, said the state health department on Saturday.
Beijing [China], January 8 (ANI): Xi'an, capital of northwest China's Shaanxi Province, reported 46 locally transmitted COVID-19 cases on Friday, local media reported citing authorities as saying on Saturday.
New Delhi [India], January 8 (ANI): India reported 1,41,986 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, taking the daily positivity rate in the country to 9.28 per cent, said the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Saturday.
Washington [US], January 8 (ANI): United States is not pushing for countries in Africa to choose between a relationship with the US or China, the State Department has said after reports emerged that Beijing was appointing its own special envoy for the Horn of Africa.
Kabul [Afghanistan], January 8 (ANI): The clashes between the Taliban and National Resistance Front (NRF) broke out in Afghanistan's Panjshir province, Sputnik reported citing local media.