Yangon [Myanmar], January 2 (ANI/Xinhua): Myanmar recorded 574 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 and 14 more deaths from the coronavirus epidemic in the past 24 hours, according to a release from the Health Ministry on Saturday.
Tehran [Iran], January 2 (ANI/Xinhua): Iranian health authorities announced 6,045 new COVID-19 infections on Saturday, bringing the overall count to 1,237,474 cases in the country.
Lusaka [Zambia], January 1 (ANI/Xinhua): Seven people died on the spot in Zambia's Chembe district in Luapula Province when a bus lost control and hit them, the police said on Saturday.
Bangkok [Thailand], January 2 (ANI/Xinhua): Twenty-eight provinces of Thailand will be put under maximum control as COVID-19 cases continue to rise, health officials announced on Saturday.
Manila [Philippines], January 2 (ANI/Xinhua): The Department of Health (DOH) of the Philippines on Saturday reported 1,097 new confirmed COVID-19 cases, bringing the total number in the country to 476,916.
Sydney [Australia], January 2 (ANI/Xinhua): Wearing face masks will be mandatory in Australia's biggest city of Sydney as locally acquired COVID cases continue to grow.
Sanaa [Yemen], January 2 (ANI/Xinhua): Three people were killed when artillery shelling hit a wedding in Yemen's Red Sea port city of Hodeidah, Houthi rebel-run al-Masirah TV reported on Saturday.
Phnom Penh [Cambodia], January 2 (ANI/Xinhua): A Cambodian-American woman tested positive for COVID-19 upon her arrival to Cambodia from the United States, the Ministry of Health (MoH) said in a statement on Saturday.
Quito [Ecuador], January 2 (ANI/Xinhua): Ecuador's Ministry of Public Health on Friday reported 866 infections and 14 deaths from the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the past 24 hours, raising the total caseload to 213,378 and the death toll to 9,487 since the onset of the pandemic o
Dhaka [Bangladesh], January 2 (ANI/Xinhua): Bangladesh reported 990 new COVID-19 cases and 17 new deaths on Friday, taking the tally to 514,500 and the death toll at 7,576, the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) said.
Ulan Bator [Mongolia], January 2 (ANI/Xinhua): The number of COVID-19 infections in Mongolia rose to 1,242 after 22 new cases were recorded in the past 24 hours, Mongolia's National Center for Communicable Diseases (NCCD) said Saturday.
Tegucigalpa [Honduras], January 2 (ANI/Xinhua): Eighteen people were killed in several violent incidents during New Year's Eve celebrations, the Honduran police informed on Friday.