New Pandemic-era Air Travel Record Set Over Mother's Day Weekend
Sunday's record surpasses Friday's by an estimated 4,500
Sunday's record surpasses Friday's by an estimated 4,500
New figures push South Asian nation's total past 21 million confirmed cases and 230,168 deaths
Director-general says many other countries face fragile situations
India's number of cases surged by 349,691 in the past 24 hours
Authorities step up the response to a rapid third wave of infections
South Asian nation has barely vaccinated 1% of its population, while United States says half of all American adults have received at least one COVID-1
It is first reported increase in region after six weeks of decline
Tedros urges wealthier nations to share COVID-19 vaccines with poorer countries
Brazil resumes late-stage trial of Chinese-developed COVID-19 vaccine
Brazil resumes late-stage trial of Chinese-developed COVID-19 vaccine after one-day pause
Infections also continue to surge in the United States /
Country records more than 20,000 COVID case in one day
World's leading country in total number of infections also topped 50,000 hospitalizations Tuesday
US records over 500,000 new coronavirus cases during latest one-week period, breaking previous record set just the previous week
Europeans face more restrictions as COVID cases surge
Nearly third of day's new cases are in Europe
Agency says 90% of population still susceptible to virus
Record comes after testing has fallen for several weeks
One day record of 307,930 new cases set as world nears 29 million cases
Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus/urges countries to get COVID-19 outbreak under control if they want to reopen their economies/
Victoria also posted six more deaths, five of them in elder care facilities
The number of cases has increased a record amount for two days running, the World Health Organization says
Governor suggests spikes in cases reflect aggressive testing
67,600 new cases reported Wednesday according to Johns Hopkins University
The southern US state now has nearly 270,000 confirmed cases of COVID-19 and has seen 4,346 deaths