The overall number of global coronavirus cases has crossed the 89.6-million mark, while the deaths have increased to more than 1.92 million, according to Johns Hopkins University data.
Here are the top 10 developments this morning:
- Queen Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh, Prince Philip, have received COVID-19 vaccinations, Buckingham Palace said on Saturday.
- Bangladesh reported 692 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 and 22 new deaths on Saturday, bringing its total tally to 521,382 with 7,756 deaths, the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) said.
- Iran’s health ministry reported 5,924 new COVID-19 cases on Saturday, raising the total nationwide infections to 1,280,438.
- The confirmed COVID-19 cases in Japan increased by 7,109 to reach 281,992 as of Saturday evening, according to the latest figures from the health ministry and local authorities.
- The Department of Health (DOH) of the Philippines on Saturday reported 1,952 new COVID-19 cases, bringing the total in the country to 485,797.
- The Laos Ministry of Health on Saturday urged people countrywide to remain vigilant and adapt to the new normal to avoid a second wave of the COVID-19 outbreak.
- Russia has registered 23,309 COVID-19 cases over the past 24 hours, down from 23,652 the day before, taking the tally to 3,379,103, the coronavirus response centre said on Saturday.
- Thirteen more locally transmitted cases of COVID-19 were reported across Mongolia in the last 24 hours, the country’s National Center for Communicable Diseases (NCCD) said on Saturday.
- The number of registered coronavirus cases in Brazil has topped 8 million, the country’s Health Ministry said in a statement.
- A total of 476,959 people in Germany have been vaccinated against Covid-19 since the beginning of the vaccination program on December 27, up by almost 51,000 within one day, the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) said on Friday.
(With ANI inputs)