Sao Paulo [Brazil], December 9 (ANI/Xinhua): Brazil's COVID-19 death toll rose to 178,159 on Tuesday, after 842 more patients died from the novel coronavirus disease in the previous 24 hours, the Ministry of Health said.
Paris [France], December 9 (ANI/Xinhua): Another 13,713 people in France have tested positive for COVID-19 in the last 24 hours, bringing the total number of coronavirus cases in the country to over 2.3 million, according to official figures released Tuesday.
Paris [France], December 9 (ANI/Xinhua): France's Ministry of Agriculture said Tuesday that a highly pathogenic H5N8 avian influenza had been detected on a duck farm in the southwest of the country, confirming the country's first farm outbreak of the virus this year.
Santiago [Chile], December 8 (ANI/Xinhua): Chile on Monday registered 1,760 new COVID-19 cases, bringing the national tally to 562,142, according to the country's Ministry of Health.
Colombo [Sri Lanka], December 8 (ANI/Xinhua): The number of positive COVID-19 patients in Sri Lanka surpassed the 28,000-mark on Tuesday after over 600 patients were detected during the previous day, statistics from the Health Ministry showed here.
Yangon [Myanmar], December 8 (ANI/Xinhua): Myanmar reported 1,308 more COVID-19 cases on Tuesday, bringing the tally in the country to 101,739, according to a release from the Ministry of Health and Sports.
Baghdad [Iraq], December 8 (ANI/Xinhua): The Iraqi Ministry of Health reported on Tuesday 2,123 new Covid-19 cases, bringing the tally of nationwide infections to 568,138.
Berlin [Germany], December 8 (ANI/Xinhua): The number of new Covid-19 infections in Germany was slightly above the previous week's level and increased by 14,054 in the past 24 hours, bringing the total to almost 1.2 million, the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) said on Tuesday.
London [UK], December 8 (ANI/Xinhua): Britain has recorded the highest number of weekly coronavirus deaths since May 15 with 3,040 fatalities in a week, figures from the British Office for National Statistics (ONS) showed Tuesday.
Dhaka [Bangladesh], December 8 (ANI/Xinhua): Bangladesh reported 2,202 new COVID-19 cases and 32 new deaths on Tuesday, making the tally at 481,945 and death toll at 6,906, the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) said.
Tehran [Iran], December 8 (ANI/Xinhua): Iran's Health Ministry reported 11,023 new COVID-19 cases on Tuesday, raising the total nationwide infections to 1,062,397.
Jakarta [Indonesia], December 8 (ANI/Xinhua): The COVID-19 cases in Indonesia rose by 5,292 within one day to 586,842, with the death toll adding by 133 to 18,000, the Health Ministry said on Tuesday.