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

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 recor

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 t

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 Organizatio

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 

Tokyo Governor urges 'further caution,' notes asymptomatic cases

Fauci urges governors to delay reopening plans

Governor says 82 percent of new cases mostly among people under 30

US, Brazil, India lead in number of new confirmed cases

Nation tops 50,000 new cases for first time since pandemic's start

More than 47,000 new cases posted Tuesday across US as pandemic surges across southwest and into Cal

India reported more than 20,000 new infections on Monday, and the U.S. has confirmed more than 40,00

The S&P/ASX in Sydney had the biggest losses in the region, plunging 2.5%, and  Japan's Nikkei index

More than 183,000 new cases in last 24 hours, WHO said Sunday

Nearly 35,000 new cases reported Tuesday

China reports 11 new cases

With total number of cases and deaths soaring, Brazil's president expresses regrets - but says it's

World Health Organization's emergencies chief Mike Ryan cautions countries and regions against reope

The Italian government is ramping up public health measures in a bid to halt the abrupt rise in Coro

The report by the semiofficial Mehr news agency came as Iranians voted in nationwide parliamentary e

We're encouraged by this trend, but this is no time for complacency,' Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus sa

All schools and universities, including religious Shiite seminaries, were shut down in the holy city

But death toll on mainland rises to 2,118, along with at least 10 outside of China, including two pa

ISNA quoted an official in the country's Health Ministry, Kiyanoush Jahanpour, as saying that 'some

Health commission confirmed 1,843 new cases, representing a drop from higher numbers of new cases in

Executive director of WHO's Health Emergencies Program, Michael Ryan, says cases are not based on cl

China has reported its lowest number of new coronavirus cases since late January, lending credence t

But WHO says it's too soon to say this is the beginning of the end

Development marks dramatic spike in the reported number of new cases in just three days

There is no evidence of human-to-human spread of the new coronavirus, but this possibility cannot be