The overall number of global coronavirus cases has crossed the 100-million mark, while the deaths have increased to more than 2.1 million, according to Johns Hopkins University data.
Here are the top 10 developments this morning:
- Georgia on Tuesday reported 1,006 new COVID-19 cases, taking its total to 254,822, said the country’s National Center for Disease Control and Public Health (NCDC).
- Colombian Defense Minister Carlos Holmes Trujillo died of COVID-19 on Tuesday, his brother Jose Renan Trujillo said.
- New Zealand’s borders are likely to remain closed for most of the year depending on the progress in the vaccination campaign against the coronavirus, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said on Tuesday.
- Nearly 20,000 Maldivians have signed up to be vaccinated against COVID-19 since registrations were opened on January 18, local media reported here Tuesday.
- Passengers flying into the United States would require to show proof of testing negative for COVID-19 at least three days prior to the departure.
- The coronavirus death toll in Mexico has surpassed 150,000 people, a senior health official said.
- Russia’s single-day coronavirus cases increase fell below 19,000 for the first time since November 3 as 18,241 new cases were confirmed in the past 24 hours, the response centre said on Tuesday.
- As the United Kingdom on Tuesday crossed the grim milestone of 100,000 deaths due to COVID-19, Prime Minister Boris Johnson extended condolences to the kin of victims and said it was hard to “compute the sorrow contained in the grim statistic”.
- Australian women who are pregnant have been advised against receiving COVID-19 vaccines until more data is available.
- The Joe Biden administration is working to purchase additional 200 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines to reach 600 million doses this summer, in a bid to vaccinate 300 million people, said the White House on Tuesday.
(With ANI inputs)