Paris [France], October 18 (ANI/Sputnik): France on Saturday reported a record rise in COVID-19 cases with 32,427 new infections registered over the past 24 hours, according to figures from the Sante Publique agency heading the coronavirus response in the country.
Kohima (Nagaland) [India], October 17 (ANI): Nagaland reported 94 new cases of COVID-19 on Saturday and 30 patients have recovered in the past 24 hours.
Jaipur (Rajasthan) [India], October 17 (ANI): A total of 1,992 new COVID-19 cases were reported in Rajasthan on Saturday taking the total count of reported cases to 1,71,281.
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], October 17 (ANI): Tamil Nadu reported 4,295 new COVID-19 cases on Saturday taking the total reported count of cases to 6,83,486.
Chandigarh [India], October 17 (ANI): Chandigarh on Saturday reported 54 new positive cases of COVID-19 taking the total count of cases reported in Union Territory (UT) to 13,583.
Paris [France], October 17 (ANI/Sputnik): France's anti-terrorism state prosecutor, Jean-Francois Ricard, confirmed on Saturday media reports that nine people had been detained as part of the investigation into the beheading of a teacher near Paris.
Warsaw [Poland], October 17 (ANI/Sputnik): Poland has registered 9,622 COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, setting another single-day record, the Health Ministry said on Saturday.
Hong Kong, October 17 (ANI/Xinhua): Hong Kong's Center for Health Protection (CHP) reported 17 additional confirmed cases of COVID-19 on Saturday, taking Hong Kong's total tally to 5,237.
Sao Paulo [Brazil], October 17 (ANI/Sputnik): The authorities of Brazil's most populous state of Sao Paulo would make COVID-19 vaccination mandatory, national media reported, citing governor Joao Doria.
Jakarta [Indonesia], October 17 (ANI/Xinhua): The COVID-19 cases in Indonesia rose by 4,301 within one day to 357,762, with the death toll adding by 84 to 12,431, the Health Ministry said on Saturday.