Manila [Philippines], October 16 (ANI/Xinhua): The Philippines' Department of Health (DOH) reported 7,772 new COVID-19 infections on Saturday, pushing the number of confirmed cases in the Southeast Asian country to 2,713,509.
Kuala Lumpur [Malaysia], October 16 (ANI/Xinhua): Malaysia reported another 7,420 new COVID-19 infections, as of midnight Friday, bringing the national total to 23,77,033, according to the health ministry.
Tbilisi [Georgia], October 15 (ANI/Xinhua): Georgia on Friday reported 3,270 new COVID-19 cases, taking the total to 652,677, according to the country's National Center for Disease Control and Public Health (NCDC).
Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], October 15 (ANI): A total of 11 terrorists have been killed so far in the eight encounters conducted by the security forces after the recent civilian killings in Jammu and Kashmir, said Vijay Kumar, Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Kashmir on Friday.
Singapore, October 15 (ANI/Xinhua): Singapore reported 3,445 new cases of COVID-19 on Friday, bringing the total tally in the country to 141,772, the Ministry of Health (MOH) said in a press release.
Dubai [UAE], October 15 (ANI): Faf du Plessis brought his A-game to play a knock of 86 runs and help Chennai Super Kings (CSK) post a total of 192/3 against Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) in the final of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2021 here at the Dubai International Stadium on Friday.
Johannesburg [South Africa], October 15 (ANI/Xinhua): A total of 56 veterans were arrested on Thursday night after South African police rescued three officials who were held hostage.
Kuala Lumpur [Malaysia], October 15 (ANI/Xinhua): Malaysia recorded 8,084 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the 24 hours as of midnight Thursday, bringing the total tally to 23,69,613, according to the health ministry.
New Delhi [India], October 15 (ANI): In an effort to curb the COVID-19 pandemic, over 11 lakh samples were tested in the last 24 hours with which the total tests conducted so far crossed 58.88 crores, informed Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) on Friday.
Ankara [Turkey], October 15 (ANI/Xinhua): Turkey on Thursday confirmed 30,709 new COVID-19 cases, raising its total tally of infections to 7,570,932, according to its health ministry.
New Delhi [India], October 14 (ANI): Amid concerns about a power crisis in the country, the Ministry of Power on Thursday said that the total capacity of units under outage due to low coal stocks has been reduced by 6 GW (gigawatt).
New Delhi [India], October 14 (ANI): More than 27 lakhs COVID-19 vaccine doses have been administered till 7 PM on Thursday, said the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.