Ottawa [Canada], December 22 (ANI/Xinhua): Canada reported 7,519 new COVID-19 cases over the past day, taking the nationwide tally to 515,314, according to data published Tuesday by the country's Public Health Agency.
Kuala Lumpur [Malaysia], December 22 (ANI/Xinhua): Malaysia reported 2,062 new COVID-19 infections, the health ministry said on Tuesday, bringing the national total to 97,389.
Tashkent [Uzbekistan], December 22 (ANI/Xinhua): Uzbekistan has joined the Kyoto Convention on the simplification of customs procedures, another step forward in the country's bid to join the World Trade Organization (WTO), a presidential decree said Tuesday.
Suva [Fiji], December 22 (ANI/Xinhua): Fiji's Ministry of Agriculture will provide farming materials to cyclone-affected farmers in the north, Agriculture Minister Mahendra Reddy said on Tuesday.
Mexico City [Mexico], December 22 (ANI/Xinhua): Mexico reported 5,370 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 and 396 relevant deaths on Monday, bringing the national caseload to 1,325,915 and death toll to 118,598, said the health ministry.
Johannesburg [South Africa], December 22 (ANI/Xinhua): At least five countries have suspended flights from South Africa after a coronavirus variant was recently discovered in the country.
Brussels [Belgium], December 22 (ANI/Xinhua): Belgium on Tuesday reported 981 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, bringing its national tally to 626,911, the public health institute Sciensano reported.
Seoul [South Korea], December 22 (ANI/Xinhua): South Korea has reported 869 more cases of COVID-19, raising the total number of infections to 51,460 as of Tuesday noon.
Sydney [Australia], December 22 (ANI/Xinhua): Officials in the Australian state of New South Wales (NSW) have named over 100 venues across Sydney as potential COVID-19 hotspots, instructing anyone who attended them to self-isolate and get tested.
Bogota [Colombia], December 22 (ANI/Xinhua): Colombia registered 10,845 new COVID-19 cases over the past 24 hours, bringing the nationwide tally to 1,518,067, the country's health authorities said Monday.
Buenos Aires [Argentina], December 22 (ANI/Xinhua): Argentina on Monday reported 5,853 new COVID-19 cases, taking its national case tally to 1,547,138, said the Ministry of Health.
Addis Ababa [Ethopia], December 22 (ANI/Xinhua): The number of confirmed Covid-19 cases in the African continent reached 2,508,815 as of Monday as the death toll due to the pandemic climbed to 59,099, the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) said.