Buenos Aires [Argentina], April 22 (ANI/Xinhua): Argentina's pandemic death toll surpassed 60,000 on Wednesday after 291 more people died of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the last 24 hours, as health authorities warned the country is facing "the worst moment of the pandemic."
Seoul [South Korea], April 22 (ANI/Xinhua): South Korea reported 735 more cases of COVID-19 as of midnight Wednesday compared to 24 hours ago, raising the total number of infections to 116,661.
Santiago [Chile], April 22 (ANI/Xinhua): An earthquake of magnitude of 5.5 jolted 80 km west-southwest of San Antonio, Chile at 0017 GMT on Thursday, the US Geological Survey (USGS) said.
Buenos Aires [Argentina], April 21 (ANI/Xinhua): Argentina reported more than 29,000 new daily cases of COVID-19 on Tuesday, along with a record occupation of intensive care units in the capital Buenos Aires and the greater metropolitan area.
Addis Ababa [Ethiopia], April 21 (ANI/Xinhua): The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Africa has reached 4,439,823 as of Tuesday evening, the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) said.
London [UK], April 20 (ANI/Xinhua): Another 2,524 people in Britain have tested positive for COVID-19, bringing the total number of coronavirus cases in the country to 4,393,307, according to official figures released Tuesday.
Tehran [Iran], April 20 (ANI/Xinhua): The Iranian Health Ministry on Tuesday reported 25,492 new COVID-19 cases, taking the country's total infections to 2,286,927.
Kuala Lumpur [Malaysia], April 20 (ANI/Xinhua): Malaysia reported 2,341 new COVID-19 infections, bringing the national total to 379,473, the health ministry said on Tuesday.
Manila [Philippines], April 20 (ANI/Xinhua): The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in the Philippines surged to 953,106 after the Department of Health (DOH) reported 7,379 new cases on Tuesday.
Bangkok [Thailand], April 20 (ANI/Xinhua): Thailand on Tuesday confirmed 1,443 cases of coronavirus infection and four deaths, according to the Center for the COVID-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) spokesman Taweesin Visanuyothin.
Jakarta [Indonesia], April 20 (ANI/Xinhua): An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.0 jolted 255 km S of Sinabang, Indonesia at 23:58:22 GMT on Monday, the US Geological Survey (USGS) said.