Paris [France], December 6 (ANI/Xinhua): France registered 12,923 new COVID-19 cases on Saturday, taking its national count to 2,281,475, data from the country's health authorities showed.
Seoul [South Korea], December 6 (ANI/Xinhua): South Korea reported 631 more cases of the COVID-19 as of midnight Saturday compared to 24 hours ago, raising the total number of infections to 37,546.
Lima [Peru], December 6 (ANI/Xinhua): Peru confirmed on Friday 2,014 new COVID-19 cases, bringing its total caseload to 970,860, according to the country's health ministry.
Lisbon [Portugal], December 6 (ANI/Xinhua): Portuguese citizens will be able to travel between the country's municipalities during the Christmas holidays with certain limitations, but not during New Year festive season, Prime Minister Antonio Costa announced on Saturday at a press conference
Santiago [Chile], December 6 (ANI/Xinhua): The Chilean Ministry of Health reported on Saturday that 1,533 new cases of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) were registered in the last 24 hours, bringing the total number of cases in the country to 558,668.
Brasilia [Brazil], December 5 (ANI/Xinhua): The number of people killed as a result of a bus plunging downhill from a bridge in Brazil's southeastern state of Minas Gerais has grown to 17, while 23 people sustained injuries, Brazilian broadcaster G1 reported on Saturday.
Gazipasa [Turkey], December 5 (ANI/Xinhua): An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.3 jolted 49 km SW of Gazipasa, Turkey at 1244 GMT on Saturday, the US Geological Survey said.
Beijing [China], December 5 (ANI): A Chinese activist has been detained by police after he voiced his support on Twitter for "ink girl" Dong Yaoqiong, who defaced a poster of President Xi Jinping in 2018.
Kabul [Afghanistan], December 5 (ANI/Xinhua): Afghanistan reported 253 new COVID-19 cases on Saturday taking its total count to 47,641, including 8,291 active cases, the country's Ministry of Public Health said.
Dhaka [Bangladesh], December 5 (ANI/Xinhua): Bangladesh reported 1,888 new Covid-19 cases and 35 new deaths on Saturday, making the tally reach 475,879 while the death toll stands at 6,807, the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) informed.
Herat [Afghanistan], December 5 (ANI): Taliban terrorists on Saturday shot dead two guards of provincial custom office and a civilian in Afghanistan western Herat province, Xinhua reported citing local police.