New Delhi (NVI): More than 72.8 million people around the world have been confirmed to have the coronavirus, while the death toll has crossed 16,21,000, according to the Johns Hopkins University tally. Over 47.2 million patients have recovered from the deadly disease globally.
The number of fatalities caused due to the coronavirus in the US have surpassed 3,00,000 while the number of infections have exceeded 16.5 million in the country.
Brazil’s coronavirus cases have crossed the 69 lakh-mark and stands at 6,927,145 while the number of deaths have surged past 1,81,000 in the country.
Meanwhile, Singapore will open a new segregated travel lane for a limited number of business, official and high economic value travellers from all countries, as part of efforts to revive its key travel and hospitality sectors.
Pfizer Inc and partners have delivered the first Covid-19 vaccines to 141 of 145 locations targeted by the US government for the first day of a nationwide rollout on Monday.
But healthcare facilities in four island territories – American Samoa, the US Virgin Islands, the North Mariana Islands and Guam – are still awaiting their supplies.
Furthermore, Canada kicked off its inoculation campaign against Covid-19 on Monday by injecting frontline healthcare workers and elderly nursing home residents, becoming just the third nation in the world to administer the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine.
Mainland China reported 17 new Covid-19 cases on December 14, up from 16 cases a day earlier.
Daily infection rates in South Korea are hovering at record levels with another 880 new cases reported as of midnight Monday, up from 718 a day earlier, the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency said.
Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte imposed a tough new five-week nationwide lockdown on Monday, saying schools, nonessential shops, museums and gyms will close down at midnight until January 19.
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