Sao Paulo [Brazil], December 23 (ANI/Xinhua): Brazil's Covid-19 death toll reached 188,259 after 968 more patients died from the novel coronavirus disease, the country's ministry of health reported on Tuesday.
Rabat [Morocco], December 23 (ANI/Xinhua): Morocco registered 2,646 new COVID-19 cases on Tuesday, taking the tally in the North African country since March 2 to 420,648, the health ministry said in a statement.
Taipei [Taiwan], December 22 (ANI/Xinhua): Taiwan reported its first locally-infected COVID-19 case since April 12, the local epidemic monitoring agency said Tuesday.
Ottawa [Canada], December 22 (ANI/Xinhua): Canada reported 7,519 new COVID-19 cases over the past day, taking the nationwide tally to 515,314, according to data published Tuesday by the country's Public Health Agency.
Kuala Lumpur [Malaysia], December 22 (ANI/Xinhua): Malaysia reported 2,062 new COVID-19 infections, the health ministry said on Tuesday, bringing the national total to 97,389.
Tashkent [Uzbekistan], December 22 (ANI/Xinhua): Uzbekistan has joined the Kyoto Convention on the simplification of customs procedures, another step forward in the country's bid to join the World Trade Organization (WTO), a presidential decree said Tuesday.
Suva [Fiji], December 22 (ANI/Xinhua): Fiji's Ministry of Agriculture will provide farming materials to cyclone-affected farmers in the north, Agriculture Minister Mahendra Reddy said on Tuesday.
Mexico City [Mexico], December 22 (ANI/Xinhua): Mexico reported 5,370 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 and 396 relevant deaths on Monday, bringing the national caseload to 1,325,915 and death toll to 118,598, said the health ministry.
Johannesburg [South Africa], December 22 (ANI/Xinhua): At least five countries have suspended flights from South Africa after a coronavirus variant was recently discovered in the country.
Brussels [Belgium], December 22 (ANI/Xinhua): Belgium on Tuesday reported 981 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, bringing its national tally to 626,911, the public health institute Sciensano reported.
Seoul [South Korea], December 22 (ANI/Xinhua): South Korea has reported 869 more cases of COVID-19, raising the total number of infections to 51,460 as of Tuesday noon.
Sydney [Australia], December 22 (ANI/Xinhua): Officials in the Australian state of New South Wales (NSW) have named over 100 venues across Sydney as potential COVID-19 hotspots, instructing anyone who attended them to self-isolate and get tested.