Dhaka [Bangladesh], March 15 (ANI/Xinhua): Bangladesh reported 1,773 new COVID-19 cases and 26 more deaths on Monday, taking the tally at 559,168 and the death toll at 8,571, the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) said.
Jakarta [Indonesia], March 15 (ANI/Xinhua): The COVID-19 cases in Indonesia rose by 5,589 within one day to 1,425,044, with the death toll adding by 147 to 38,573, the health ministry said on Monday.
Bishkek [Kyrgyzstan], March 15 (ANI/Xinhua): The total number of COVID-19 cases in Kyrgyzstan reached 86,917 after 67 new cases were registered on Monday.
Port Moresby [Papua New Guinea], March 15 (ANI/Xinhua): The number of COVID-19 cases in Papua New Guinea (PNG) stood at well over 2,000 on Monday as officials sought a solution to the recent steep rise.
Paris [France], March 15 (ANI/Xinhua): France registered 26,343 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours while coronavirus-linked hospitalizations went up again, according to data released by the health authorities on Sunday.
Jakarta [Indonesia], March 14 (ANI/Xinhua): Indonesia's Health Ministry on Sunday reported 4,714 new confirmed cases of COVID-19, bringing the country's total tally to 1,419,455.
Muscat [Oman], March 14 (ANI/Xinhua): The Omani health ministry on Sunday announced 1,610 new COVID-19 infections, raising the total number of confirmed cases in the sultanate to 146,867, the official Oman News Agency reported.
Tehran [Iran], Mar 14 (ANI/Xinhua): An earthquake of magnitude five on the richter scale hit Faryab in Iran's southern Kerman Province at 16:24 local time (1254 GMT) on Sunday, according to Iran's Seismological Center.
Sao Paulo [Brazil], March 14 (ANI/Xinhua): Brazil reported 76,178 new COVID-19 cases with 1,997 deaths over the past 24 hours, the health ministry said on Sunday.
Kuala Lumpur [Malaysia], March 14 (ANI/Xinhua): Malaysia reported 1,354 new COVID-19 infections, bringing the national total to 323,763, the country's health ministry informed on Sunday.
Manila [Phlippines], March 14 (ANI/Xinhua): The Philippines' Department of Health (DOH) reported 4,899 new COVID-19 infections on Sunday, bringing the total number of confirmed cases in the Southeast Asian country to 621,498.
Tashkent [Uzbekistan], March 14 (ANI/Xinhua): Starting from Monday, Uzbekistan will no longer mandatorily test travellers for COVID-19 at airports, train stations and other border checkpoints, local authorities said Sunday.