Jakarta [Indonesia], January 3 (ANI/Xinhua): The COVID-19 cases in Indonesia rose by 6,877 within one day to 765,350, with the death toll adding by 179 to 22,734, the Health Ministry said on Sunday.
Minsk [Belarus], January 03 (ANI/Xinhua): Belarus reported 1,837 new COVID-19 cases on Sunday, taking its total to 199,962, according to the country's health ministry.
Manila [Philippines], January 03 (ANI/Xinhua): The Department of Health (DOH) of the Philippines reported 891 new confirmed COVID-19 cases on Sunday, bringing the total number in the country to 477,807.
Beijing [China], January 3 (ANI/Xinhua): Multiple auto part packaging samples have tested positive for the novel coronavirus in various parts of China after a company engaged in auto part sales reported a confirmed COVID-19 case.
Lagos [Nigeria], January 3 (ANI/Xinhua): Airstrikes by Nigerian troops have destroyed a new Boko Haram settlement at Mana Waji in the restive northeastern state of Borno and killed several terrorists, an official said on Sunday.
Bangkok [Thailand], January 3 (ANI/Xinhua): Thailand on Sunday confirmed 315 new cases of COVID-19, mostly domestic infections, according to the Center for the COVID-19 Situation Administration (CCSA).
Tel Aviv [Israel], January 3 (ANI/Xinhua): The number of active COVID-19 cases in Israel has reached 50,299, the highest since October 12, 2020, the Health Ministry said Sunday.
Ulan Bator [Mongolia], January 3 (ANI/Xinhua): Twenty-one more locally transmitted COVID-19 cases were recorded in Mongolia in the past 24 hours, bringing the national caseload to 1,263, the country's National Center for Communicable Diseases (NCCD) said Sunday.
Washington [US], January 3 (ANI/Xinhua): An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.1 jolted 77 km SE of Katsuren-haebaru, Japan at 05:24:16 GMT on Sunday, the US Geological Survey said.
Dar es Salaam [Tanzania], January 3 (ANI/Xinhua): Three people were killed and 66 others injured after a passenger train derailed in central Tanzania on Saturday evening, said the Tanzania Railways Corporation (TRC) on Sunday.
Wellington [New Zealand], January 3 (ANI/Xinhua): Nineteen new COVID-19 cases were reported at the New Zealand border in the last three days, as the country announcing tightened border restrictions on Sunday.
Washington [US], January 3 (ANI/Xinhua): An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.1 jolted southern Mid-Atlantic Ridge at 0327 GMT on Sunday, the US Geological Survey (USGS) said.