BUENOS AIRES – The Argentine Ministry of Health on Sunday reported 1,227 new COVID-19 cases and 11 related deaths, raising its total caseload to 9,007,753 and national death toll to 127,494. The national positivity rate in the last 24 hours reached 8 percent, after 15,328 more tests were administered, the ministry said in its daily … Read more
ULAN BATOR – Mongolia recorded 77 new COVID-19 infections in the past 24 hours, the lowest since March 7, 2021, when 67 daily cases were reported, the country’s health ministry said on Friday. With the new infections, the national tally increased to 468,495, the ministry said in a statement. Meanwhile, the country’s COVID-19 death toll … Read more
VIENTIANE – Laos registered 1,508 new COVID-19 cases over the past 24 hours, exceeding the 1,000 mark for the first time since Jan. 19, bringing the national tally to 150,639. Latsamy Vongkhamsao, deputy director general of the Department of Communicable Disease Control under the Lao Ministry of Health, told a press conference in the Lao … Read more
SEOUL – South Korea reported 407,017 new COVID-19 cases as of midnight Thursday compared to 24 hours ago, raising the total number of infections to 8,657,609, the health authorities said Friday. The daily caseload was sharply down from a record high of 621,328 in the previous day, but it marked the second-highest number, according to … Read more
KUALA LUMPUR – Malaysia reported 27,004 new COVID-19 infections as of midnight Thursday, bringing the national total to 3,927,437, according to the health ministry. There are 719 new imported cases, with 26,285 being local transmissions, data released on the ministry’s website showed. A further 86 deaths have been reported, bringing the death toll to 34,185. … Read more
NEW DELHI – India’s COVID-19 tally rose to 43,004,005 on Friday as 2,528 new cases were registered during the past 24 hours across the country, showed the federal health ministry’s latest data. Besides, 149 deaths due to the pandemic since Thursday morning took the total death toll to 516,281. There are still 29,181 active COVID-19 … Read more
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 621,328 new COVID-19 cases as of midnight Wednesday compared to 24 hours ago, raising the total number of infections to 8,250,592, the health authorities said Thursday. The daily caseload was sharply up from 400,711 in the previous day, topping 600,000 for the first time, according to … Read more
NEW DELHI – India’s COVID-19 tally surpassed the 43 million mark on Thursday, rising to 43,001,477, as 2,539 new cases were registered during the past 24 hours across the country, showed the federal health ministry’s latest data. Besides, as many as 60 deaths due to the pandemic were reported since Wednesday morning, taking the total … Read more
BEIJING – The Chinese mainland on Wednesday reported 1,226 locally transmitted COVID-19 cases, down from 1,860 on Tuesday, the National Health Commission said Thursday. Of the new local infections, 742 were reported in the northeastern province of Jilin, 99 in east China’s Fujian Province, 83 in the southern province of Guangdong, and 62 in northeast … Read more
WELLINGTON – New Zealand reported 19,566 new community cases of COVID-19 on Thursday, said the Ministry of Health in a statement. The ministry also reported 10 deaths, bringing the total number of publicly reported deaths to 151, and 25 new cases were detected at the country’s border. Among the infections reported on Thursday, 4,867 cases … Read more
WELLINGTON – New Zealand reported 19,542 new community cases of COVID-19 on Wednesday, said the Ministry of Health in a statement. The ministry also reported 24 deaths, bringing the total number of publicly reported deaths to 141, and 35 new cases detected at the country’s border. There were 971 COVID-19 patients in New Zealand hospitals, … Read more
BEIJING – The Chinese mainland reported 1,860 new locally-transmitted COVID-19 infections over the past day, down from 3,507 on Monday, the National Health Commission said Wednesday. Of the local cases reported Tuesday, 1,456 were in the northeastern province of Jilin, 75 in east China’s Shandong Province, 59 in the southern province of Guangdong, and 51 … Read more
BEIJING: Nearly 30 million people were under lockdown across China on Tuesday, as surging virus cases prompted the return of mass tests and hazmat-suited health officials to city streets on a scale not seen since the start of the pandemic. China reported 5,280 new Covid-19 cases on Tuesday, more than double the previous day’s tally, … Read more
WELLINGTON – New Zealand reported 21,616 new community cases of COVID-19 on Tuesday, the Ministry of Health said in a statement. The ministry also reported two deaths with COVID-19. Both people, one man and one woman, were aged over 70. The total number of publicly reported COVID-19-related deaths is 117 in the country, it said. … Read more
BEIJING – The Chinese mainland on Monday reported 3,507 locally transmitted COVID-19 cases, the National Health Commission said Tuesday. Of the new local infections, 3,076 were reported in Jilin, 106 in Shandong, 53 in Shaanxi, 51 in Tianjin, 48 in Guangdong, 33 in Fujian, 31 in Zhejiang, 24 in Liaoning, 20 in Jiangsu, 13 in … Read more
JINAN – East China’s Shandong Province reported 159 locally transmitted COVID-19 cases, and 406 asymptomatic carriers on Friday, the provincial health commission said on Saturday. Of the new confirmed infections, 139 were reported in the city of Qingdao, including three who were identified as asymptomatic carriers before, and the others were registered in the cities … Read more
ROME – Reversing a trend of several weeks of improvement, Italy’s COVID-19 situation is getting worse again, the country’s Health Ministry said on Friday. This week, the transmission rate in Italy increased to 0.83 from 0.75 a week earlier. This rate, also referred to as R0, shows how many cases on average an infected person … 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
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
