Kabul [Afghanistan], December 3 (ANI/Xinhua): Afghanistan on Thursday reported 276 new confirmed COVID-19 cases after health authorities conducted 2,379 tests in the past 24 hours, bringing the tally to 47,256, including 8,113 active cases.
Cairo [Egypt], December 3 (ANI/Xinhua): Egypt confirmed on Wednesday late night 421 new Covid-19 infections, bringing the total cases registered in the country since the outbreak of the pandemic to 116,724, according to the Egyptian Health Ministry.
Manila [The Philipines], December 3 (ANI/Xinhua): The Department of Health (DOH) of the Philippines on Thursday reported 1,061 new confirmed cases of COVID-19, bringing the country's total tally to 435,413.
Seoul [South Korea], December 3 (ANI/Xinhua): South Korea reported 540 more cases of COVID-19 as of midnight Wednesday local time compared to 24 hours ago, raising the total number of infections to 35,703.
Mexico City [Mexico], December 3 (ANI/Xinhua): Mexico's health ministry on Wednesday reported 11,251 new cases of COVID-19 and 800 additional deaths, bringing the national caseload to 1,133,613 and death toll to 107,565.
Paris [France], December 3 (ANI/Xinhua): Valery Giscard d'Estaing, president of France from 1974 to 1981 and a key actor in European integration, has died on Wednesday at the age of 94, French media reported.
Washington DC [US], December 3 (ANI): The US government has issued an order to block cotton imports from a Xinjiang governmental organisation in China due to the ongoing human rights abuses of Uyghurs, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said on Wednesday.
Yangon [Myanmar], December 2 (ANI/Xinhua): The total number of COVID-19 cases in Myanmar has increased to 93,600 as of Wednesday, according to a release from the country's Ministry of Health and Sports.
Berlin [Germany], December 2 (ANI/Xinhua): The number of daily COVID-19 deaths in Germany increased by 487 in 24 hours and reached a new record on Wednesday, bringing the total death toll in the country to 17,123, the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) said.
Jakarta [Indonesia], December 2 (ANI/Xinhua): The COVID-19 cases in Indonesia rose by 5,533 taking the total count to 549,508 in the last 24 hours and the death toll has gone up by 118 to 17,199, the Health Ministry said on Wednesday.
Kuala Lumpur [Malaysia], December 2 (ANI/Xinhua): Malaysia reported 851 new COVID-19 infections, the health ministry said on Wednesday, bringing the national total to 68,020.
Kabul [Afghanistan], December 2 (ANI/Xinhua): A total of 263 new COVID-19 positive cases have been registered in Afghanistan over the past 24 hours, bringing the number of patients infected with the disease to 46,980 in the country, said Public Health Ministry on Wednesday.