KUALA LUMPUR – Malaysia reported 21,315 new COVID-19 infections as of midnight Monday, bringing the national total to 3,061,550, according to the health ministry. There are 81 new imported cases, with 21,234 being local transmissions, data released on the ministry’s website showed. A further 24 deaths have been reported, bringing the death toll to 32,149. … Read more
BEIJING – The Chinese mainland on Monday reported 40 locally transmitted COVID-19 cases, the National Health Commission said on Tuesday. Of the new local infections, 29 were reported in Liaoning, eight in Jiangsu, two in Guangdong, and one in Guangxi, the commission said in its daily report. Tuesday also saw nine provincial-level regions reporting 40 … Read more
SEOUL – South Korea’s daily number of COVID-19 cases hit a record high amid the spread of the Omicron variant, the health authorities said Tuesday. According to the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency, the country reported 57,177 more cases of COVID-19 for the past 24 hours, raising the total number of infections to 1,462,421. … Read more
NEW DELHI – India’s COVID-19 tally rose to 42,692,943 on Tuesday, as 27,409 new cases were registered during the past 24 hours across the country, showed the federal health ministry’s latest data. Besides, 347 deaths due to the pandemic since Monday morning took the total death toll to 509,358. There are still 423,127 active COVID-19 … Read more
