Seoul [South Korea], August 4 (ANI/Xinhua): South Korea reported 1,725 more cases of COVID-19 as of midnight Tuesday compared to 24 hours ago, raising the total number of infections to 203,926.
Brasilia [Brazil], August 4 (ANI/Xinhua): Brazil has registered 1,209 more COVID-19 deaths in the past 24 hours, raising its national death toll to 558,432, the health ministry said on Tuesday.
Beirut [Lebanon], August 4 (ANI/Xinhua): Lebanon registered on Tuesday 1,240 new COVID-19 cases, raising the total number of infections to 564,364, the Health Ministry reported.
Tokyo [Japan], August 4 (ANI/Xinhua): An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.8 jolted 120 km ENE of Hasaki, Japan at 20:33:32 GMT on Tuesday, the U.S. Geological Survey said.
Tel Aviv [Israel], August 4 (ANI/Xinhua): Israel's Ministry of Health reported 3,460 new COVID-19 cases on Tuesday, bringing the tally of infections in the country to 882,391.
Addis Ababa [Ethiopia], August 3 (ANI/Xinhua): The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Africa reached 6,787,146 as of Tuesday afternoon, the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) said.
Jerusalem [Palestine], August 3 (ANI/Xinhua): Israel is gathering international support for action against Iran over an alleged attack on an Israeli-managed oil tanker in the Gulf last week, Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said Tuesday.
Nisyros [Greece], August 3 (ANI/Xinhua): An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.2 jolted 29 kilometer south of Mandraki, Greece at 12.38 GMT on Tuesday, the US Geological Survey said.
Hasaki [Japan], August 3 (ANI/Xinhua): An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.1 jolted 112 km east-northeast of Hasaki, Japan at 10.29 GMT on Tuesday, the US Geological Survey said.
Vientiane [Laos], August 3 (ANI/Xinhua): The Lao government has decided to extend the current nationwide lockdown to August 18 as the COVID-19 cases continued to rise.