Quito [Ecuador], January 10 (ANI/Xinhua): Ecuador surpassed 220,000 cases of COVID-19 after registering 1,201 new infections in the last 24 hours, bringing the total to 220,349, the Ministry of Public Health reported on Saturday.
Wellington [New Zealand], January 10 (ANI/Xinhua): New Zealand has identified 31 new cases of COVID-19 during the past three days, said the Ministry of Health in a statement on Sunday.
Buenos Aires [Argentina], January 10 (ANI/Xinhua): Argentina registered 11,057 new cases of COVID-19 on Saturday, bringing the national tally to 1,714,409, the health ministry said.
Sao Paulo [Brazil], January 10 (ANI/Xinhua): Brazil's COVID-19 death toll reached 202,631 on Saturday after 1,171 more patients died from the novel coronavirus during the past 24 hours, official data said.
Honiara [Solomon Islands], January 10 (ANI/Xinhua): An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.3 jolted 77 km SE of Kirakira, Solomon Islands at 23:01:12 GMT on Saturday, the US Geological Survey said.
Bogota [Colombia], January 10 (ANI/Xinhua): At least seven people died and four were injured on Saturday after several houses caught fire in the Colombian city of Cucuta, capital of the northeastern department of Norte de Santander.
Santiago [Chile], January 10 (ANI/Xinhua): The Chilean Ministry of Health reported on Saturday that 4,361 new cases of COVID-19 were registered in the last 24 hours, the highest daily number since the peak of infection in late June.
Paris [France], January 10 (ANI/Xinhua): France on Saturday reported 20,177 new COVID-19 cases, bringing its accumulative tally to 2,767,312, according to the country's health authorities.
Dhaka [Bangladesh], January 9 (ANI/Xinhua): Bangladesh reported 692 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 and 22 new deaths on Saturday, bringing its total tally to 521,382 with 7,756 deaths, the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) said.
Tehran [Iran], January 9 (ANI/Xinhua): Iran's health ministry reported 5,924 new COVID-19 cases on Saturday, raising the total nationwide infections to 1,280,438.
Tokyo [Japan], January 09 (ANI/Xinhua): The confirmed COVID-19 cases in Japan increased by 7,109 to reach 281,992 as of Saturday evening, according to the latest figures from the health ministry and local authorities.
Jakarta [Indonesia], January 9 (ANI): The passenger plane of Indonesia's Sriwijaya Air, that lost contact soon after the takeoff, has crashed in water not far from Jakarta on Saturday, Xinhua reported citing local TV.