Doha [Qatar], January 19 (ANI/Xinhua): The Qatari health ministry on Tuesday announced 225 new COVID-19 infections, raising the total number of confirmed cases in the Gulf state to 147,729, the official Qatar News Agency (QNA) reported.
Dhaka [Bangladesh], January 19 (ANI/Xinhua): Bangladesh reported 702 new COVID-19 cases and 20 new deaths on Tuesday, taking the tally to 529,031 and death toll at 7,942, the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) said.
Tehran [Iran], January 19 (ANI/Xinhua): Iran's health ministry reported 5,917 daily COVID-19 cases on Tuesday, raising the total nationwide infections to 1,342,134.
Bangkok [Thailand], January 19 (ANI/Xinhua): Thailand on Tuesday confirmed 171 new COVID-19 cases, mostly detected through active testing, according to the Center for the COVID-19 Situation Administration (CCSA).
Addis Ababa [Ethiopia], January 19 (ANI/Xinhua): The security situation of civilians and internally displaced persons in Ethiopia's conflict-hit Tigray regional state "risks becoming a humanitarian crisis," the Ethiopian Human Rights Commission (EHRC) said late Monday in a report.
Harbin [China], January 19 (ANI/Xinhua): Northeast China's Heilongjiang Province reported 27 new confirmed COVID-19 cases and 43 asymptomatic infections on Monday, local health authorities said Tuesday.
New York [US], January 19 (ANI/Xinhua): New York City's COVID-19 test positivity rate on a seven-day average went down to 8.29 percent, compared with 8.6 percent two days earlier, Mayor Bill de Blasio tweeted on Monday. He did not announce such a rate on Sunday.
Bangkok [Thailand], January 18 (ANI/Xinhua): Thailand on Monday recorded 369 new cases of COVID-19, mostly through active testing in Samut Sakhon province, according to the Center for the COVID-19 Situation Administration (CCSA).
Jakarta [Indonesia], January 18 (ANI/Xinhua): The death toll from a strong earthquake and floods in the central parts of Indonesia has risen to 96, with nearly 70,000 people forced to flee home and take shelter, the National Disaster Management Agency said Monday.
Canberra [Australia], January 18 (ANI/Xinhua): Three-quarters of Australians have called on Prime Minister Scott Morrison to censure a member of parliament over COVID-19 disinformation.