Harbin [China], January 19 (ANI/Xinhua): Northeast China's Heilongjiang Province reported 27 new confirmed COVID-19 cases and 43 asymptomatic infections on Monday, local health authorities said Tuesday.
New York [US], January 19 (ANI/Xinhua): New York City's COVID-19 test positivity rate on a seven-day average went down to 8.29 percent, compared with 8.6 percent two days earlier, Mayor Bill de Blasio tweeted on Monday. He did not announce such a rate on Sunday.
Bangkok [Thailand], January 18 (ANI/Xinhua): Thailand on Monday recorded 369 new cases of COVID-19, mostly through active testing in Samut Sakhon province, according to the Center for the COVID-19 Situation Administration (CCSA).
Jakarta [Indonesia], January 18 (ANI/Xinhua): The death toll from a strong earthquake and floods in the central parts of Indonesia has risen to 96, with nearly 70,000 people forced to flee home and take shelter, the National Disaster Management Agency said Monday.
Canberra [Australia], January 18 (ANI/Xinhua): Three-quarters of Australians have called on Prime Minister Scott Morrison to censure a member of parliament over COVID-19 disinformation.
Lisbon [Portugal], January 18 (ANI/Xinhua): Almost 250,000 voters Sunday took part in the early vote for Portugal's presidential election scheduled to be held next weekend, according to the Ministry of Internal Administration.
Santiago [Chile], January 18 (ANI/Xinhua): New cases of COVID-19 in Chile have increased 58 percent in the last two weeks, the Ministry of Health said on Sunday.
Rabat [Morocco], January 18 (ANI/Xinhua): Morocco's COVID-19 tally rose to 459,671 on Sunday as 806 new cases were registered during the past 24 hours.
Jakarta [Indonesia], January 17 (ANI/Xinhua): The death toll of a 6.2-magnitude earthquake that struck Indonesia's West Sulawesi province has risen to 73 with over 27,000 people taking shelters, the National Disaster Management Agency said on Sunday.
Doha [Qatar], January 17 (ANI/Xinhua): The Qatari health ministry on Sunday announced 188 new COVID-19 infections, raising the total number of confirmed cases in the Gulf state to 147,277, the official Qatar News Agency (QNA) reported.