BEIJING – The Chinese mainland on Thursday reported 2,388 locally transmitted COVID-19 cases, up from 1,226 on Wednesday, the National Health Commission said Friday. Of the new local infections, 1,834 were reported in the province of Jilin, 113 in Fujian, 74 in Guangdong, and 61 in Tianjin and Shandong respectively. The rest of the cases … Read more
HANOI – Vietnam has switched its target in dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic from controlling infections to controlling serious cases and deaths only, while heading to remove the disease from its “especially dangerous” list. The approach has been specified in a government resolution issued Thursday about COVID-19 prevention and control work in 2022 and 2023. … Read more
WELLINGTON – New Zealand reported 14,128 new community cases of COVID-19 on Friday, the Ministry of Health said in a statement. The ministry also reported five deaths with COVID-19. The total number of publicly reported COVID-19-related deaths is 156 in the country, it said. Among the infections reported on Friday, 3,498 cases were in the … Read more
SEOUL – South Korea reported a record high of 400,741 new COVID-19 cases as of midnight Tuesday compared to 24 hours ago, raising the total number of infections to 7,629,275, the health authorities said Wednesday. The daily caseload was sharply up from 362,329 in the previous day, topping 400,000 for the first time, according to … Read more
KUALA LUMPUR – Malaysia reported 30,246 new COVID-19 infections, as of midnight Wednesday, bringing the national total to 3,711,199, according to the Health Ministry. There are 418 new imported cases, with 29,828 being local transmissions, data released on the ministry’s website showed. A further 113 deaths have been reported, bringing the death toll to 33,497. … Read more
NEW DELHI – India’s COVID-19 tally rose to 42,980,067 on Thursday, as 4,184 new cases were registered during the past 24 hours across the country, showed the federal health ministry’s latest data. Besides, another 104 deaths due to the pandemic have been recorded since Wednesday morning, taking the country’s total death toll to 515,459. There … Read more
WELLINGTON – Managed Isolation and Quarantine (MIQ) is beginning to scale down its operations, COVID-19 Response Minister Chris Hipkins said on Thursday as 21,015 new community cases were reported in New Zealand. “With New Zealand now reopening to the world without the requirement to isolate for most, there is a significantly reduced demand for MIQ. … Read more
BEIJING – The Chinese mainland on Wednesday reported 402 locally transmitted COVID-19 cases, up from 233 on Tuesday, the National Health Commission said Thursday. Of the new local infections, 165 were reported in Jilin, 66 in Shandong and Gansu respectively, 21 in Shaanxi, 19 in Tianjin, 17 in Guangdong, and 13 in Jiangsu. The rest … Read more
ISLAMABAD – Pakistan on Wednesday registered 639 new COVID-19 cases and four more deaths, the National Command and Operation Center (NCOC) said on Thursday. The NCOC said that the country’s overall tally of COVID-19 cases has risen to 1,516,789, including 1,468,449 recoveries. Statistics 10 Mar 22: Total Tests in Last 24 Hours: 36,241Positive Cases: 639Positivity … Read more
MANILA – The Philippines’ Department of Health (DOH) reported 580 new COVID-19 infections on Wednesday, bringing the number of confirmed cases in the Southeast Asian country to 3,669,283. The DOH said 57,182 people have died from COVID-19 complications since the outbreak in 2020. The DOH has reported under 1,000 cases for five days. It reported … Read more
VIENNA: Austria said Wednesday it is suspending mandatory Covid-19 vaccinations for all adults saying the pandemic no longer poses the same danger, just weeks after the law took effect in an EU first. The Alpine nation of nine million people was among few countries in the world to make jabs against the coronavirus compulsory for … Read more
SEOUL – South Korea reported a record daily high of 342,446 new COVID-19 cases as of midnight Tuesday compared to 24 hours ago, raising the total number of infections to 5,212,118, the health authorities said Wednesday. The daily caseload was sharply up from 202,720 in the prior day, surpassing 300,000 for the first time here, … Read more
ISLAMABAD – Pakistan confirmed 758 new COVID-19 cases and six more deaths over the past 24 hours, the National Command and Operation Center (NCOC) said on Wednesday. The NCOC said that the country’s overall tally of COVID-19 cases has risen to 1,516,150, including 1,467,868 recoveries. The number of active cases has dropped to 17,995 in … Read more
ULAN BATOR – Mongolia reported 161 new COVID-19 infections over the past 24 hours, bringing the national tally to 467,362, the country’s health ministry said Wednesday. The nationwide death toll from COVID-19 remains at 2,104 as no deaths were reported, the ministry said. So far, 66.8 percent of the country’s total population of 3.4 million … Read more
NEW DELHI – India’s COVID-19 tally rose to 42,975,883 on Wednesday, as 4,575 new cases were registered during the past 24 hours across the country, showed the federal health ministry’s latest data. Besides, 145 more deaths were recorded since Tuesday morning, taking the death toll to 515,355. Currently there are 46,962 active COVID-19 cases in … Read more
WELLINGTON – New Zealand reported 22,454 new community cases of COVID-19 on Wednesday, the Ministry of Health said in a statement. Among the new community infections, 8,529 were in the largest city Auckland. Twelve new cases of COVID-19 were detected at the New Zealand border, said the ministry. Currently there are 742 COVID-19 patients in … Read more
BEIJING – The Chinese mainland on Tuesday reported 233 locally transmitted COVID-19 cases, the National Health Commission said Wednesday. Of the new local infections, 94 were reported in Jilin, 59 in Shandong, 17 in Shaanxi, 12 in Tianjin, and 11 in Hebei and Jiangsu respectively. The rest of the cases were reported in other nine … Read more
KUALA LUMPUR – Malaysia reported 31,490 new COVID-19 infections, as of midnight Tuesday, bringing the national total to 3,680,953, according to the Health Ministry. There are 473 new imported cases, with 31,017 being local transmissions, data released on the ministry’s website showed. A further 79 deaths have been reported, bringing the death toll to 33,384. … Read more
HAVANA – Cuba registered 447 new COVID-19 infections and no death in the last day, bringing the total caseload to 1,073,951 cases, while remaining the death toll at 8,501, the Ministry of Public Health said Tuesday. The daily report also noted that there were currently 2,391 active cases in the country, a figure that has … Read more
HONG KONG: Hong Kong’s leader said Wednesday that mandatory Covid testing was not a priority, after announcing last month that the government intended to screen its more than 7.3 million residents for the virus. Two weeks ago Carrie Lam had said all residents would need to undergo three rounds of compulsory testing — setting off … Read more
NEW DELHI – India’s COVID-19 tally rose to 42,971,308 on Tuesday, as 3,993 new cases were registered during the past 24 hours across the country, showed the federal health ministry’s latest data. Besides, 108 deaths from the pandemic since Monday morning took the total death toll to 515,210. There are still 49,948 active COVID-19 cases … Read more
KUALA LUMPUR – Malaysia reported 26,856 new COVID-19 infections, as of midnight Monday, bringing the national total to 3,649,463, according to the Health Ministry. There are 211 new imported cases, with 26,645 being local transmissions, data released on the ministry’s website showed. A further 77 deaths have been reported, bringing the death toll to 33,305. … Read more
SEOUL – South Korea reported 202,721 new COVID-19 cases as of midnight Monday, raising the total number of infections to 4,869,691, health authorities said Tuesday. The daily caseload was down from 210,716 in the prior day, but it was 1.5 times higher than a week earlier, according to the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency … Read more
HAVANA – Cuba reported 548 COVID-19 infections and one death in the last day, for a total of 1,073,504 cases and 8,501 deaths, the Ministry of Public Health said Monday. It also said there were 2,514 active cases in the Caribbean nation, a figure that has stabilized in recent weeks. The province of Holguin had … Read more
SANTIAGO – Chile registered 13,820 COVID-19 infections and 149 deaths from the disease in the last day, bringing the total to 3,202,562 cases and 43,226 deaths, the Health Ministry said Monday. In its daily report, the ministry also said there were 89,973 active cases in the South American country. The 24-hour COVID-19 positivity rate in … Read more
WELLINGTON – New Zealand reported 23,894 new community cases of COVID-19 on Tuesday, the Ministry of Health said in a statement. Among the new community infections, 9,881 were in the largest city Auckland. Nineteen new cases of COVID-19 were detected at the NZ border, said the ministry. Currently there are 757 COVID-19 patients in New … Read more
MANILA – The Philippines’ Department of Health (DOH) reported a total of 6,297 new COVID-19 infections and 615 deaths from March 1 to 7, according to its first weekly bulletin released on Monday. The daily case average was 899, 30 percent lower than the cases reported in the previous week in February. The DOH will … Read more
HAVANA – The number of daily coronavirus cases and deaths in Cuba has continued to fall in the past week as more than half of the country’s population has received an additional COVID-19 vaccine dose. It comes as the Caribbean nation on Sunday registered 482 coronavirus cases and one more related death, taking the national … Read more
